SOCI 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Consumerism, Erving Goffman
28 Oct 2016
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There isn"t an agreement among social scientists on how culture is viewed. Culture creates freedoms: cultural diversification and fragmentation: Fragmentation means there is space for everybody and tolerance for all groups. Free to choose rituals, customs and beliefs: globalization: The world is no longer globally isolated. The spread of the english language (key marker of. Us & britain are some of the most dominant and powerful countries (military, economy, culture) for 2 centuries. About 1 billion people in the world today speak english and little over half speak it as a second language. Many nations want their citizens to learn english: rights revolution: Began in 1948 after the second world war. United nations proclamation on declaring universal rights and freedoms. By the 1960s the rights revolution was in full swing. Us leading the way of protesting equal rights. Protesting of vietnam war, equality for women, If something is rational, it creates efficiency and productivity.
