SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Planned Obsolescence, Creative Destruction, Consumerism
10 Aug 2016
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Common set of traditions, language, food, behaviour, religion, manner etc Inability to explain it is because of the mass multiculturalism, where not one specific culture stands out. Canada has a culture, but the definition is elusive, we look for it in the wrong areas. Culture is particular way of life of people, period, place or humanity in general. Nature makes it possible to create culture however doesn"t define it: symbolic universe: language. How you entertain yourself daily is more important in sociological perspectives. Capitalism has radically changed childhood and their needs. It left few aspects of our society untouched. No fertilizers, so cow dung was used for it. Not materialism as obsession with things or money. People condition of existence determine what they think or they value. Forces of production and relations of production=mode of production. It allows the owners to keep the surplus. The value between the value of what the workers make and what they are sold for.
