SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Age Of Enlightenment, Folklore, High Culture

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 202
• Professor: Sean Springer

Document Summary

Is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviours, and artefacts that members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning: society. It is not linked to a natural, biological inevitability: 2. Culture is rooted in symbols -- physical, vocal, or gestural signs that have arbitrary, socially learned meanings to them: 3. Culture is a system shared by all members of a society. Embodiment of the collective rather than just the behavior of one of them: 4. In our modern, industrialized society operate within small, working-class communities: high culture, consists of allegedly superior customs and values, historically seen as good, it emerges out of the enlightenment era of. It specifies that culture goes hand-in-hand with civilization, enlightenment and education of humankind. It consists of popular entertainments and activities: e. g. watching movies and television shows, playing video games, listening to music, going on.