ISS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cultural Anthropology, Individualism, Fetus
29 Apr 2018
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ISS210 - Lecture 7: Anthropology, Power & Culture - Chapter 4
Anthropology
● Anthropology: the study of people and their ways of life; it studies all aspects of a
society
○ Society: a group of people who depend on one another for their well-being and
share a common culture
● Archaeologists: physical and cultural characteristics of peoples and societies that existed
in prehistory
○ study time periods before written records
● Biological or physical anthropologists: human evolution, primates
● Linguistic Anthropologists: study human communication; how language shapes culture
& vice versa
● Cultural anthropologists: compare societies and cultures; cover all social topics
Culture
● What is Culture?
○ people’s learned and shared behaiors and beliefs; the ays of life that are
common to a society
○ Culture is shared
○ Culture is learned
■ Socialization
○ Culture is often taken-for-granted
● Anthropologists analyze power as part of culture (e.g., social norms, rewards, sanctions,
dominance & submission)
Culture: Ways of Life
● Cultural generalization: the description of commonly shared values, beliefs, and
behaviors in a society
○ Ruth Benedict - eah ulture defied y a thee
● But there is a range of values, beliefs, etc. within every society
○ Subcultures - sub-categories within cultures
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Document Summary
Iss210 - lecture 7: anthropology, power & culture - chapter 4. Anthropology: the study of people and their ways of life; it studies all aspects of a society. Society: a group of people who depend on one another for their well-being and share a common culture. Archaeologists: physical and cultural characteristics of peoples and societies that existed in prehistory. Biological or physical anthropologists: human evolution, primates. Linguistic anthropologists: study human communication; how language shapes culture. Cultural anthropologists: compare societies and cultures; cover all social topics. People"s learned and shared beha(cid:448)iors and beliefs; the (cid:449)ays of life that are common to a society. Anthropologists analyze power as part of culture (e. g. , social norms, rewards, sanctions, dominance & submission) Cultural generalization: the description of commonly shared values, beliefs, and behaviors in a society. Ruth benedict - ea(cid:272)h (cid:272)ulture defi(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y a (cid:862)the(cid:373)e(cid:863) But there is a range of values, beliefs, etc. within every society. Counter-cultures - opposed to the dominant culture.
