SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, Class Consciousness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

What is culture: the ways of thinking, acting, and the material objects that shape a people"s way of life, nonmaterial culture: ideas created by a society, material culture: physical things created by a society. Culture shock: personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life because of: Move between social environments: no way of life is natural to humanity, but ppl view their own behaviour in that way. Civilization emerged 12 000 years ago; changing environment to benefit themselves: nation: political entity and people, state: political entity in a territory with borders, society: people who interact in a defined territory and share culture. The elements of culture: symbols, language, values and beliefs, norms. Symbols: anything that carries a meaning recognized by people who share a culture: meanings vary from culture to culture. Values: inconsistency and conflict: sometimes one key cultural value contradicts another o equality vs. racism, value conflict causes strain, values change over time.