Sociology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Ritzer, Mcdonaldization, Consumerism
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The practices, languages, beliefs, values, ideologies, and material objects that people create. E. g. , family, peers, school, books, sport, religion, media, etc. At the root of culture is solving the problem of meaning. Socially excluded groups struggling to win equal rights under the law. Because of the rise of english, french, and spanish: postmodernism. A hallmark of postmodernism is the combining of cultural elements from different times and places. Different ways canada sees itself vs how others see it, same with other countries. Others could think of the usa and think imperialist, war, individualistic, greed etc. They could think of words like democracy, and nationalism, strength, and pride when they think of themselves. Gun and rose"s (cid:449)ere ra(cid:272)ist ho(cid:373)opho(cid:271)es a(cid:374)d se(cid:454)ist drug addi(cid:272)ts a(cid:374)d are still see(cid:374) as (cid:272)ultural s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ols of (cid:862)(cid:272)ool(cid:863) Large, impersonal orgnizations comprising of many clearly defined positions arranged in a hierarchy. Lose our spontaneity, inventiveness, opportunity to act independently or heroically.
