SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: High Culture, Anomie, Cultural Relativism
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Functionalist: culture as a blueprint, culture is the glue that holds social. Con ict: power relations and contradictions to norms holds society together, systems together power holders make core values to create norms and solidify power. Anomie : condition in which social control becomes ineffective due to a loss of shared value, no consensus. Ideal: what we want our culture to be. Real: what it truly is (ie. there is racism in canada against first nations) Symbolic interactionism people act towards things based on the meaning those things have for them and these meanings are derived from social interaction and modi ed through interpretation. Counter cultures (hippies, hell"s angels) oppose mainstream, continuum. High culture: distinct socioeconomic classes ballet, museums, opera. Meritocracy: certain people have certain power positions because they are good at them. Teaches children values, norms, and customs of the larger society. Character education: emphasizes importance of equitable and inclusive schools.
