SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Consumerism, High Culture, Ethnocentrism
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Culture- the sum of practises, languages, symbols, beliefs, values, ideologies, and material objects that people create to deal with real-life problems. High culture- culture consumed mainly by upper classes. (opera, ballet, art) Culture is socially transmitted and requires a society to persist. It is composed of ideas, practises, and material objects that enable people to adapt to, and thrive in their environments. Society- a number of people who interact, usually in a defined territory, and share a culture. Abstraction is the human capacity to create general ideas or ways of thinking that are not linked to particular instances. Symbols are an important type of idea; they are things that carry particular meanings. They include the components of language, mathematical notations, and signs. They allow us to classify experiences and generalize from it. Cooperation- human capacity to create a complex social life by sharing resources and working together. Norms- are generally accepted ways of doing things, and values.
