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Culture refers to the beliefs, practices, values, and knowledge that are learned and shared within a society. It includes both material and non-material aspects. Culture is a product of human interaction that is socially transmitted and establishes patterns of behavior. Society consists of a group of people who share a common culture within defined geographical boundaries. Ethnocentrism is judging other cultures by the standards of one's own culture, while cultural relativism means understanding behaviors in the context of their own culture without imposing one's own cultural values.

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Culture refers to the beliefs, practices, values, and knowledge that are learned and shared within a society. It includes both material and non-material aspects. Culture is a product of human interaction that is socially transmitted and establishes patterns of behavior. Society consists of a group of people who share a common culture within defined geographical boundaries. Ethnocentrism is judging other cultures by the standards of one's own culture, while cultural relativism means understanding behaviors in the context of their own culture without imposing one's own cultural values.

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Defining Culture and Society

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE,
SOCIETY AND POLITICS
Culture and Society as Anthropological and
Sociological Concepts
“Culture is the process by which a person
becomes all that they were created capable of
being” – Thomas Carlyle

Society, in this context, refers to a group of


people sharing a common culture within a
defined territorial boundaries.
Culture, is a composite or a multifarious areas that
comprise beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws,
norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and
everything that a person learns and shares as a
member of society.

CULTURE is:
- product of human interaction.
- complex social heritage and socially
transmitted.
- socially acceptable patterns for meeting
biological and social needs
- distinguishing factor
- established pattern of behavior
- cumulative
- meaningful to human beings
Types of Culture

Non-material Culture
- these includes ideas, language and
symbols, religion, behavior, gestures and habits.

Material Culture
-technological tools, architectural
structures, fashion accessories and food.
Elements of Culture

 Knowledge, refers to any information


received and perceived to be true.
 Beliefs, perception of accepted reality. Reality
refers to the existence of things whether
material or non-material.
 Social Norms, these are established
expectations of society as to how a person is
supposed to act depending on the
requirements of the time, place, or situation.
Different Forms of Social Norms

 Folkways, repetitive behavior which becomes


habitual and conventional part of living.
 Mores, ethical standards and moral
obligations as dictates of reason that
distinguishes human acts as right or wrong.
 Values, relatively worthy, important,
desirable or valuable.
 Technology, application of knowledge
converting raw materials to finished
products.
Aspects of Culture

 Dynamic, flexible, and adaptive


 Shared and contested
 Learned through socialization or
enculturation
 Patterned social interactions
 Integrated and at times unstable
 Transmitted through socialization
 Requires language and other forms of
communication
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

 Cultural variation, this refers to the differences in


social behaviors that different cultures exhibit
around the world (i.e. what may be considered
good etiquette in one culture may be considered
bad etiquette in another).
 Ethnocentrism, perception that arises from the
fact that cultures differ and each culture defines
reality differently; judging another culture by the
values and standards of one’s own culture
 Cultural Relativism, attempt to judge behavior
according to its cultural context; the principle
that an individual person’s beliefs and activities
should be understood by others in terms of that
individual’s own culture.

 Why is culture important in our society?


 How could you differentiate ethnocentrism vs.
cultural relativism?

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