SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cultural Relativism, Culture Shock, Ethnocentrism
11 Apr 2018
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French civilization: struggle against tradition and superstructure. English civilization: asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith the task of (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizi(cid:374)g the (cid:858)other(cid:859) German kultur: represented the desire of nations to maintain their own identity. Culture is a complex collection of values, beliefs, behaviours, and material objets shared by a group passed on from one generation to the next. What is culture: culture is learned, culture is shared, culture is transmitted, culture is cumulative, culture is human. The tangible artifacts and physical objects found in a given culture. The intangible and abstract components of a society, including values and norms. Folkways: informal norms that suggest customary ways of behaving (norms that are not strictly enforced) Mores: norms that carry a string sense of social importance (norms that are strictly enforced) Taboos: a prohibition that has been deemed immoral or disgusting. Laws: norms that are formally defined and enacted in legislation. The te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)y to (cid:448)ie(cid:449) o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)ulture as superior to others.
