KS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Order, Class Conflict, Dialectic
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History of the study of culture and society. Culture for the people and by the people a type of music. Relation between culture and society has always been a concern for humans and human societies. The question is: what traditions, values, norms, religions, laws, institutions, etc. need to be developed and maintained in order to preserve society and prevent social unrest. But humans have not always reflected on their traditions etc. Once established the goal is not to understand. , but to preserve, to maintain (making and maintain sense) Culture (ie things on screen and things said about things on screen) contributes to social order or to social unrest. Government"s responsibility is to preserve social order. Government should be made up of philosophers because, since philosophers know the truth, philosophers are best at manipulating culture to prevent desire for the truth. Difference between dominant culture and dominant social group.
