CGS SS 101 Lecture 11: 10.23.14
6 Apr 2016
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Culture is the way of life, material and nonmaterial, that society shares the total way of life. Introduction to culture of the group: the variability of culture. Contains combination of norms and values not found anywhere else: the arc of human potential . Metaphorical arc represents potential of all of us. Human potential to develop culture: understanding culture. Different standards of beauty: the functionalist approach. Analyze functions of society on how they perform. Regard society and culture as inter-competitive parts. No single cultural element can be understood in isolation: must see how it functions in making the entire system work, cultural diffusion. All cultural elements cannot always be explained on functionalism. A culture borrowing from another (willingly or forced) Cultural elements are frequently product of cultures interacting with each other. Not all elements of culture are necessarily rational: culture and personality: ruth benedict, patterns of culture. Book most influential work from benedict (1934: year hitler came to power in germany.
