PSCI 1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Oedipus Complex, Mimesis
11 Mar 2016
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In kinshsip honor traditional communities, the oedipal revolves along blood or clan lines (extended families) tribes, ancestors, Infants can"t distinguish between what"s interior and exterior. Culture: refers to human capacity to classify, codify, and communicate between generations (intergenerationally) Provides symbolic meanings that endow human existence with meanings. Cultures allow us to understand and assess relationships. Bonding (interpersonal relations) identitarian categories, these help us identify who we are/aren"t. Stereotypes see someone and say they are like that , generalizing. Commonality nationality (ex: we"re all americans), diference . Cultures ground our lives by giving them meaning. Understanding our birth into the world, our life among the living, and our passing beyond material existence. Begin studying culture through the lens of childhood and human development. Infancy learn to know ourselves according to how the nurturing other treats us absorb cultural habits. As we are born, we yearn to return to the womb (ecstasy of return, placental protection)
