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    Culture: Culture, Nation and Society-Culture Refers To A Shared Way of Life of A Group of Individuals

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    Culture is comprised of the ideas, behaviors, and material goods that define a group's way of life. Material culture refers to physical objects while non-material culture consists of ideas. Cultural shock occurs when entering a society with differing values and practices. Culture is shared by a group, while a nation is a political entity and society describes organized social interaction. Elements of culture include symbols, language, beliefs and values, and norms. Subcultures exist within societies and differ in behaviors. Multiculturalism accepts diverse cultures, whereas countercultures contradict existing cultures. Ethnocentrism judges others based on one's own culture, and cultural relativism accepts different cultures based on their own standards.

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    Culture is comprised of the ideas, behaviors, and material goods that define a group's way of life. Material culture refers to physical objects while non-material culture consists of ideas. Cultural shock occurs when entering a society with differing values and practices. Culture is shared by a group, while a nation is a political entity and society describes organized social interaction. Elements of culture include symbols, language, beliefs and values, and norms. Subcultures exist within societies and differ in behaviors. Multiculturalism accepts diverse cultures, whereas countercultures contradict existing cultures. Ethnocentrism judges others based on one's own culture, and cultural relativism accepts different cultures based on their own standards.

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    Culture is comprised of the ideas, behaviors, and material goods that define a group's way of life. Material culture refers to physical objects while non-material culture consists of ideas. Cultural shock occurs when entering a society with differing values and practices. Culture is shared by a group, while a nation is a political entity and society describes organized social interaction. Elements of culture include symbols, language, beliefs and values, and norms. Subcultures exist within societies and differ in behaviors. Multiculturalism accepts diverse cultures, whereas countercultures contradict existing cultures. Ethnocentrism judges others based on one's own culture, and cultural relativism accepts different cultures based on their own standards.

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    Culture

    Culture is a way of thinking, way of acting and the material things which form our way of
    life.
    Culture relates to ideas and things. Material culture refers to the physical things created by
    the members of the society. Non material culture on the contrary refers to the ideas of the
    different members of the society.
    Cultural shock: an uneasiness that an individual experiences when entering a society which
    does not have similar values, behaviours, practices to one’s own culture or society.
    Culture, nation and society- Culture refers to a shared way of life of a group of individuals.
    Nation on the other hand is a political entity. Society is the organized interaction of people
    who live in a particular society.

    Elements of Culture
    1. Symbols – symbol is anything which has a particular meaning understood by the
    people of a particular society sharing the same culture. A person might find oneself
    isolated if one enters a culture whose meaning is not known to him/her.
    2. Language- language is a set of symbols which allows the individuals of a society to
    communicate among themselves. Different societies have different symbols and thus
    different languages. Some symbols are restricted to only some societies which creates
    a variation in the thinkings of people with different culture.
    3. Beliefs and values- these are the arbitrary standards set in in the society which create
    a broad guideline of what is considered to be good and what is not. Beliefs, on the
    other hands are opinions on whether something is true or false. There moght be
    instances when there are contradictions based on the cultural values of a society. For
    example : promoting equality and at the same time opposing same sex maariage.
    People start living with these contradictions. Values in a particular society changes
    from time to time and is not constant. Values evolve as time passes by. For example,
    there was a great deal of emphasis on the material aspect in the united states in the 90s
    but that has changed in the present as more and more people tend to deviate towards
    the spiritual aspects of life. Values are also something that differ from society to
    society. For example Japanese focus towards the values of harmony while the
    Americans focus towards the value of individualism.
    4. Norms- rules and behaviours by which the society guides the behaviours of its people.
    There are two types of norms Mores and Folkways. MORES- norms that are widely
    observed in the society for their moral significance. For example- wearing clothes
    while in public places. On the other hand folkways are the norms and routine of
    casual interaction.
    Subculture
    Subculture are the different cultural pattern with a society. It refers to different behaviours
    within the society. A single individual could be a part of different subculture and might not
    completely adhere to any one of them
    Multiculturism
    Multiculturism refers to a system where a society accepts cultural diversity and it is not
    restricted to only one kind of culture.
    Counter culture
    Cultural patterns that are strictly contradictory to the existing cultural behaviours of the
    society. Eg Hippies in the 1960, which focused on the being and not the “doing”.
    Ethnocentrism
    The act of judging other cultures on the basis on the pre conceived notions of one’s own
    culture. People find themselves in difficult situations when visiting a place with different
    cultural values.
    Cultural Relativism
    Judging a culture by its own standards. It refers to accepting the behaviour and the cultural
    patterns of different cultures and requires an openness of mind.

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