ADM 3318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Stratification, Quran, Nationstates
2 Dec 2016
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Culture: a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living. Society: a group of people who share a common set of values and norms. Values: abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable: bedrock of a culture; provide the context and explains why norms are justified. Norms: the social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations. Folkways: the routine conventions of everyday life. Actions of little moral significance (i. e. expected to behave that way, but a violation is not a serious matter) Mores: norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society and to its social life. E. g. (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) of al(cid:272)ohol, i(cid:374)(cid:272)est, adulter(cid:455), theft . It may contain one culture, or many: e. g. Cultures can also embrace several nation: e. g. the islamic society (middle east, asia, africa)
