ANT 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Enculturation, Symbolic Anthropology, Edward Burnett Tylor
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Concept developed toward the end of the 19th century: british imperialism, a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)sio(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:863). Origins of anthropology can be traced back to imperialistic roots. Culture is (cid:862)that (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) whole that i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes k(cid:374)owledge, (cid:271)elief, art, law, morals, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of so(cid:272)iet(cid:455). (cid:863) edward tylor. Culture is not just observable behavior but also the values and beliefs people use to interpret experience and generate behavior. Stanlaws definition: culture is rules or standards, which when acted upon by members of a social group, produce behavior with values that lie within a certain accepted range. That is, (cid:272)ulture e(cid:454)ists i(cid:374) our heads, as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h as (cid:862)out there(cid:863) i(cid:374) the world. We learn culture from families, peers, institutions, and media: culture is symbolic, culture is communicated through language, a system of spoken symbols. This is the most important symbolic component of culture.
