Culture and Society Flashcards
(42 cards)
visible eg. Flags, heritage objects, monuments
Tangible
refers to the gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or a group by person, another culture etc
Enculturation
Classical Theories of the origin of the society
Structural functional
Conflict Theory
Symbolic interactionism
The study of various aspects of humans within past and present societies
Anthropology
intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries
Xenophobia
Powers
Tripartite
is defined as constituting a fairly large number of people who are living in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside their area, and participate in a common culture
Society
He stated that a society is an organized group of individuals. A culture is an organized group of learned responses
Ralph Linton
having different cultures respect each other’s differences
Cultural diversity
occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly, through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along the lines of socially defined categories of persons
Social inequality
German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist. His ideas profoundly influenced social theory and social research.
Max Weber
All powerful
Omnipotence
everywhere
Omnipresence
all knowing
Omniscience
4 Functions of culture
Culture defines situations
Culture defines attitudes, values and goals
Culture defines myths, legends and supernatural
Culture provides behavior patterns
sociologist best known for coining the term ‘sociology,’ and as the founder of positivism
August Comte
the idea that all norms, beliefs and values are dependent on their cultural context
Cultural relativism
the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes
Culture Shock
He said that culture is a complex which includes knowledge, beliefs, art morals, law and any other capabilities and habits
E.B. Taylor
guides in the performance of roles and in everyday actions and interactions
Rules
2 kinds of Rules
written
unwritten
was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline and is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science
Emile Durkheim
study the norms and values of societies
Social anthropology and cultural anthropology
studies how language affects social life
Linguistic anthropology