SOC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pastoralism, Ethnocentrism, Social Inequality
4 Feb 2017
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Sociology lecture #4: culture, the elements of culture. Culture relies on symbols in the forms of words, gestures, and actions to express. A specific statement that people who share a culture hold to be true: cultural norms. Insignificant consequences - not as much social backlash: sapir-whorf thesis language. The idea that people see and understand the world through the cultural lens of: sociocultural evolution, hunting and gathering. Very equal parts for men and women: horticulture & pastoralism. Hand tools to raise crops, domesticating animals: agricultural/agrarian. Using animals to raise crops- increase in social inequality: industry. Production of goods- drive machinery: postindustrial information technology. High culture vs pop culture: high culture. Generalized image of culture that values and beliefs would suggest is correct. The more accurate picture of culture that also portrays society"s flaws: subcultures. Based on differences in interests and life experiences: multiculturalism. An effort to increase appreciation of cultural diversity: counterculture.
