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Introduction to Culture

What is a culture:
• Latin word Cultus means care
• French word Colere means to till
• Cult means Religious organization
• Edward B. Taylor (Anthropologist) published his book in 1871
name Primitive culture
• Culture is shaped by Religion.
• people in the same region, perform same culture.
Definition of Culture:
• Culture is a system of rules, norms, beliefs, language, morals,
clothes, law, custom, and practices.
• Culture is everything which is socially learned and shared by
the members of society.
• Culture is the guideline for the smooth functioning of the
society.
Material and Non Material culture:
• Material: Physical • Non-Material:
objects • Language, ideas,
• Tools, vehicles, customs, beliefs,
furniture, building, habits etc.
technology etc. • Non Tangible
• Tangible
Ideal and Real Culture:
• Ideal Culture is that • Real Culture is the
culture, which we culture in which we
want to have or live are living or we are
in. having.
Characteristics of a Culture:
• Culture is Learned
• Culture is Shared
• Culture is Dynamic
• Culture is Integrated
• Culture is Universal
• Culture is Abstract
• Depends on Symbols
Types of Culture:
• Popular Culture

• High Culture

• Counter Culture

• Sub Culture
 Organizational Sub-Culture
 Ethnic Sub-Culture
 Religion Sub-Culture
Elements of Culture:
• Language
• Religion
• Education
• Norms
 Folkways and Mores
• Values and Beliefs
• Customs and Tradition
 Customs are like Festivals
• Art and Literature
• Symbols
• Family System
Ethnocentrism and Xenocentrism
• Ethnocentrism • Xenocentrism
Superiority of one’s Reverse to
own culture. Ethnocentrism.
Thought that your own Others culture is
culture is better than superior but own is
other culture. inferior.
Cultural Integration:
• Cultural integration is a form of cultural exchange in which one
group assumes the beliefs, practices, and ritual of another
group without sacrificing the characteristics of its own culture.

• Integrating Culture usually refer to several cultures coming


together to form a new multicultural society and each culture
keeps it character, features and values.
Cultural Relativism:
• The function and meaning of a trait is relative to its cultural
setting.
• In other words right or wrong are culture specific. What is
considered moral in one society, may be considered immoral
in other society.
• No one has the right to judge other society’s culture.
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