MUSIC AND MORALITY: Music and morality in traditional societies

• Authors: Muszkalska, Bożena

Abstracts

EN

Every society must have some fixed moral standards to be able to maintain the social orderwhich is necessary for the proper functioning of the group. To comply with them, an individualhas to gradually assimilate attitudes, norms and values applicable in the community,which is a subject of the social control. The process begins in an early childhood andcontinues throughout life. Music can play a key role in it. This article refers to three typesof sources of research that focus on the effects of music on the establishment of moral attitudes in traditional societies: song lyrics, instrumental pieces with moralizing messages,and doctrines of philosophers who are represented by Confucius.

Keywords

EN

Music; morality; enculturation; Education; political and social system

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 16(3)
• Pages: 153-161

Contributors

author

Muszkalska, Bożena

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/20842937.1186518