ANT E105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Clifford Geertz
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Description and analysis of cultures and social groups; examines socially learned traditions and beliefs. A set of invisible glasses through which we see [filter] the world. Edward tyler (1871): culture, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. Malinowski (1944): culture is the integral whole consisting of implements and consumer goods, of constitutional charters for the various social groupings, of human ideas and crafts, beliefs and customs. Ruth benedict (1935): a culture is a more or less consistent pattern of thought and action. Culture is learned (something you acquired, learned through a shared process) Culture is shared (language is shared, can"t take and hide) Culture is not a thing; culture evolves and transforms concept. Culture provides order and meaning to the world. All humans have culture (i have a culture there i can think.
