Sociology 1025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Relativism, High Culture, Role Conflict
14 Jan 2017
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Subcultures have divergent language, norms, beliefs and/or values: vegans, punk rockers, fraternities, religion. Countercultures have opposing values (may engage in anarchy, activism, etc: hippies, hell"s a(cid:374)gels. Functionalist perspective: durkheim norms and values are social facts that result in a collective conscience (morality and social cohesion) Conflict perspective: there are contradictions between values and norms (idea culture vs. real culture) Cultural relativism and ethnocentrism: the idea that your own culture and the way you view the world is better than so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e else"s (cid:455)ou do (cid:374)ot k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er to other people"s problems. High culture vs. popular culture: high culture things that the social elite have access to. Bourdieu social reproduction of classes through cultural and educational practices. Elite culture is identifiable through status symbols (ex. Accent, dialect, entertainment choices: popular culture what the majority of people can do/have access to, mass culture refers to the material products produced by the capitalist to exploit the masses.
