SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Turn, Semiotics, Incest
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The objects and goods a society creates. Culture is not the same as society. Group of people living in a given territory governed by a common political authority and guided by a common culture. More inequality, competition, and concentration of power. Cities, great inequalities of power and wealth, and ruled by kings or emperors. Industrialization destroyed the forms of society that dominated prior periods. Machine production based on use of inanimate power resources. Most nations only independent post-world war ii. Learn norms beginning in childhood with parents playing an important role. Social control when a person fails to conform. Judging other cultures through the lens of one s own culture. Can lead to misrepresentations and unfair judgements. Judging other cultures by their own standards to understand them better. Useful for understanding differences in culturally diverse societies. The application of biological principles to explain the social activities of human beings. Nature and nurture interact to produce human behavior.
