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Culture & civilization
- 2. rafin
- 3. Key Contents 1. Definition of Culture & Civilization 2. Distinction between Culture & Civilization 3. Types of Culture 4. Elements of Culture 5. Theories of Culture
- 4. 1a. What is Culture? Totality of social learning Culture 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. - Edward Burnett Tylor, 1871
- 5. 1b. What is Civilization? Advanced culture/ material part of culture Civilization is the whole apparatus of life. - MacIver & Page
- 6. 2: Distinction between Culture & Civilization Culture is what we are i.e., both material & non-material things (e.g., attitudes, beliefs, values, norms) Civilization is what we have i.e., material things (e.g., technological equipment)
- 7. 2: Distinction between Culture & Civilization Civilization is External (Objective) More advancing Destroyed Borrowed Culture is Both Internal & External Less advancing (non-material) & more advancing (material) Not destroyed (non-material) & destroyed (material) Not borrowed (non-material) & borrowed (material)
- 8. 3a: Types of Culture (In terms of content)
- 9. 3b: Other Types of Culture Dominant Culture Sub-culture Counter Culture Eating beef Muslim culture Chakma culture
- 10. 4: Elements of Culture Symbols Language Beliefs Values Norms: Mores Folkways
- 11. 5a: Theories of Culture: Cultural Lag Lag between material & non-material culture. - Ogburn & Nimkoff Adaptation of Material culture Adaptation of Non- material culture Lag
- 12. 5a: Theories of Culture: Cultural Lag Invention Accumulation Diffusion Adjustment
- 13. 5b: Theories of Culture: Cultural Imperialism Domination of western culture (occident) & its interpenetration into eastern culture (orient). - Edward Said
- 14. 5c: Theories of Culture: Cultural Shock
- 15. I have defined culture & civilization I have distinguished between culture & civilization I have discussed the types of culture I have discussed the elements of culture I have discussed the theories of culture Recapitulation
- 16. Concluding Remarks Maintain your own culture Be Free from Cultural Imperialism Strengthen Your Society
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- C. Wright Mills Born 1916, died 1962 Public Sociologist he did not want sociologists to hide in ivory towers and just test theory… he felt that sociology should also be used to make people’s lives better… Wrote during a time of significant social change …After WWII Main Ideas: Task of sociology is to understand the relationship between individuals and society Used to reveal how the context of society shapes our lives He believed that everyone benefits from taking a sociological perspective…but especially people like journalists, social scientists, and others examining society… We cannot understand society or ourselves without understanding both Therefore we need to connect our own personal biography with the history of society…and our personal troubles with larger social issues These are to concepts and terms he used… A quality of mind, a way of understanding the social world Uniquely sociological, but for everyone “Personal troubles of the milieu” Occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others A private matter, resolution lies with individual “Public issues of social structure” Organization of social institutions in society Transcends the local environment of the individual Sociological Imagination relates the larger social forces in society to the personal troubles of individuals The sociological imagination asks us to question the relationship between… Society and Individual? History and Biography? Structure and Agency? iPOD: Who consumes the ipod? What relationships are behind the iPod? Our consumption of the ipod here is based on cheap labor and inputs abroad. Examining these relationships gives us the knowledge to understand society, our place in it, and the ability to make changes
- C. Wright Mills Born 1916, died 1962 Public Sociologist he did not want sociologists to hide in ivory towers and just test theory… he felt that sociology should also be used to make people’s lives better… Wrote during a time of significant social change …After WWII Main Ideas: Task of sociology is to understand the relationship between individuals and society Used to reveal how the context of society shapes our lives He believed that everyone benefits from taking a sociological perspective…but especially people like journalists, social scientists, and others examining society… We cannot understand society or ourselves without understanding both Therefore we need to connect our own personal biography with the history of society…and our personal troubles with larger social issues These are to concepts and terms he used… A quality of mind, a way of understanding the social world Uniquely sociological, but for everyone “Personal troubles of the milieu” Occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others A private matter, resolution lies with individual “Public issues of social structure” Organization of social institutions in society Transcends the local environment of the individual Sociological Imagination relates the larger social forces in society to the personal troubles of individuals The sociological imagination asks us to question the relationship between… Society and Individual? History and Biography? Structure and Agency? iPOD: Who consumes the ipod? What relationships are behind the iPod? Our consumption of the ipod here is based on cheap labor and inputs abroad. Examining these relationships gives us the knowledge to understand society, our place in it, and the ability to make changes
- C. Wright Mills Born 1916, died 1962 Public Sociologist he did not want sociologists to hide in ivory towers and just test theory… he felt that sociology should also be used to make people’s lives better… Wrote during a time of significant social change …After WWII Main Ideas: Task of sociology is to understand the relationship between individuals and society Used to reveal how the context of society shapes our lives He believed that everyone benefits from taking a sociological perspective…but especially people like journalists, social scientists, and others examining society… We cannot understand society or ourselves without understanding both Therefore we need to connect our own personal biography with the history of society…and our personal troubles with larger social issues These are to concepts and terms he used… A quality of mind, a way of understanding the social world Uniquely sociological, but for everyone “Personal troubles of the milieu” Occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others A private matter, resolution lies with individual “Public issues of social structure” Organization of social institutions in society Transcends the local environment of the individual Sociological Imagination relates the larger social forces in society to the personal troubles of individuals The sociological imagination asks us to question the relationship between… Society and Individual? History and Biography? Structure and Agency? iPOD: Who consumes the ipod? What relationships are behind the iPod? Our consumption of the ipod here is based on cheap labor and inputs abroad. Examining these relationships gives us the knowledge to understand society, our place in it, and the ability to make changes
- C. Wright Mills Born 1916, died 1962 Public Sociologist he did not want sociologists to hide in ivory towers and just test theory… he felt that sociology should also be used to make people’s lives better… Wrote during a time of significant social change …After WWII Main Ideas: Task of sociology is to understand the relationship between individuals and society Used to reveal how the context of society shapes our lives He believed that everyone benefits from taking a sociological perspective…but especially people like journalists, social scientists, and others examining society… We cannot understand society or ourselves without understanding both Therefore we need to connect our own personal biography with the history of society…and our personal troubles with larger social issues These are to concepts and terms he used… A quality of mind, a way of understanding the social world Uniquely sociological, but for everyone “Personal troubles of the milieu” Occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others A private matter, resolution lies with individual “Public issues of social structure” Organization of social institutions in society Transcends the local environment of the individual Sociological Imagination relates the larger social forces in society to the personal troubles of individuals The sociological imagination asks us to question the relationship between… Society and Individual? History and Biography? Structure and Agency? iPOD: Who consumes the ipod? What relationships are behind the iPod? Our consumption of the ipod here is based on cheap labor and inputs abroad. Examining these relationships gives us the knowledge to understand society, our place in it, and the ability to make changes
- C. Wright Mills Born 1916, died 1962 Public Sociologist he did not want sociologists to hide in ivory towers and just test theory… he felt that sociology should also be used to make people’s lives better… Wrote during a time of significant social change …After WWII Main Ideas: Task of sociology is to understand the relationship between individuals and society Used to reveal how the context of society shapes our lives He believed that everyone benefits from taking a sociological perspective…but especially people like journalists, social scientists, and others examining society… We cannot understand society or ourselves without understanding both Therefore we need to connect our own personal biography with the history of society…and our personal troubles with larger social issues These are to concepts and terms he used… A quality of mind, a way of understanding the social world Uniquely sociological, but for everyone “Personal troubles of the milieu” Occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others A private matter, resolution lies with individual “Public issues of social structure” Organization of social institutions in society Transcends the local environment of the individual Sociological Imagination relates the larger social forces in society to the personal troubles of individuals The sociological imagination asks us to question the relationship between… Society and Individual? History and Biography? Structure and Agency? iPOD: Who consumes the ipod? What relationships are behind the iPod? Our consumption of the ipod here is based on cheap labor and inputs abroad. Examining these relationships gives us the knowledge to understand society, our place in it, and the ability to make changes