CMST 2010 Chapter : CMST Culture
Document Summary
Culture- the totality of material and non-material traits, together with their associated behavior patterns, plus the language uses which a society possesses. Material culture- concerns the artifacts that people have made and that are reflective of some aspect of their culture. Popular culture- generally it can be used in reference to mainstream aspects of culture that are partaken of by a mass audience. Without mass audience, there is no popular culture. High culture- those aspects of culture that are considered elite or individualistic are french contracted with popular culture and are termed high culture or of the fine arts. Non-material culture- two primary examples of the non-material side of culture are language and belief systems. Relativism or conceptual relativism- there is no one correct belief system or way of thinking. Objectivism or essentialism- posit a reality that is independent of the way in which people conceptualize. There is only one path because there is just the truth.
