ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bridle, Japanese Writing System, Culture Change
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Related to the advent of mass societies and large political entities. Concentration of skill, knowledge and power in the urban settlements. Center of wealth and power and learning as well. The division of labour increases, wealth increases. Creation of class of workers whos job is to admister the state: requires a lot of paper work and functionaries behalf of the government. Governments, if they are intended to serve the people, can be used to enhance oneself. Most individuals, most of the time, are deeply committed to their customs. : richard barrett, culture and conduct, 1991. In the second half of the century, germany came into power extremely quickly. Integration as impediment to change: whenever you introduce a new element into culture, it has to somehow fit in with the already cultural stuff, example: japanese distinctive writing system. Many people tried introducing roman and latin writing letters in the japanese writing language, but has not caught on.