C C 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Edward Burnett Tylor, Organicism
17 Feb 2020
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Appiah defines culture as a more expansive take on the tylor view, he takes out the regionality of the modern day culture talk. He believes that you can choose the culture you want and you have the individuality to be what you want. Readings: ag 1-10; kwame anthony appiah, there is no such thing as western civilization, . Arnold: defines culture as pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world (par. 2) Educated individual who knows philosophy and the highlights of the old days. Problems basis of this ideal of knowledge rather than something that is a part of you. The elite and the ones who produced this material. Tylor: that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society . (par. 3)
