ucsp - [module 2] concept of culture and society

society was formed due to series of conflicts that produces new set of relations and interactions

Conflict Theory

characteristic of culture: culture exists as a continuous process, responsive to the changing conditions of the physical world

Continuous and Cumulative

they theorized the symbolic interactionist perspective

Cooley and Mead

idea that all norms, beliefs and values are dependent pof their cultural context

Cultural Relativism

created the structural-functional perspective

Durkheim and Weber

conceived by William Graham Sumner; universal reaction found in all known societies

Ethnocentrism

he proposed the conflict theory

Karl Marx

characteristic of culture: culture is learned socially rather than biologically

Learned and Transmitted

characteristic of culture: various members of a society commonly share ideas, activities and artifacts, making it socially and conventionally standardized

Shared

characteristic of culture: product of behavior and of the society; develops through social interaction

Social

group of people who share a common identity, culture, territory, and language who act together for collective survival and well-being

Society

society is made possible by cooperation and interdependence as it views itself as a system with parts that have respective functions to perform

Structural-Functional Perspective

society was formed by the set of symbols and meanings created and interpreted by people

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

characteristic of culture: culture of each society is unique to itself due to the fact that it is a human product

Varies from Society to Society

preference for the foreign

Xenocentrism

fear of what is perceived as foreign or strange

Xenophobia