{"title":"The fool as a social type.","authors":"O E KLAPP","doi":"10.1086/220485","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The fool is a social type having certain definable roles and a special status and function in group life. Fools represent departures from group norms of propriety which are subject to the sanction of ridicule. Fool-making is a continuous social process and operates to enforce propierty and to adjust status.","PeriodicalId":86247,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of sociology","volume":"55 2","pages":"157-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1949-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1086/220485","citationCount":"82","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The American journal of sociology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1086/220485","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The fool is a social type having certain definable roles and a special status and function in group life. Fools represent departures from group norms of propriety which are subject to the sanction of ridicule. Fool-making is a continuous social process and operates to enforce propierty and to adjust status.