this powerpoint presentation tells about different culture

1. CULTURE

3. Interest in Fine Arts
- Art lover - Art Admirer
- Patron of the Arts
- Enjoys everything in art
>Painting to sculpture
>Ballet to classical music
>Artifacts to modern architecture
CULTURE TOTHE LAYMAN

4.  Being Civilized (Cultured)
>Truly educated person
- behavior shows refinement,
- grace
- sophistication
>Uncultured shows:
-Backward -Primitive
-Illiterate
CULTURE TOTHE LAYMAN
Note: this term is not sociologically accepted.
Countries which used to be called illiterate are
now called Developing society

5. ORIGINOF THE TERMCULTURE

6. Culture is derived from the Latin word “cultura” or “cultus”
which means care or cultivation.
Culture as care:
The fact that the human infant has a prolonged dependency, he has
to be taken care of by the people around him. He has to learn from
them so he can better adjust as he grows up in his immediate
cultural environment.
Culture as cultivation:
Every human being is a potential member of his own social group.
He is endowed with certain innate qualities like intelligence,
creativity, resourcefulness. However, he cannot develop these inborn
talents by himself alone. He needs other people who can provide him
with the needed opportunities so he can translate these potentialities
into realities called achievements.

7. The classical definition of culture was given by Sir Edward Taylor, an
English anthropologist, who wrote “ Culture is that complex whole
which includes knowledge, belief, art morals, law, custom, and any
other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of
society.”
Complex whole, since it is concerned with the people’s life which is
broad in itself. Touching on the multifarious aspects of life from
conception to death, culture has a far reaching effect.
One sociologist expressed this as: “ culture really affects a person
from womb to tomb.”
He also define culture as something acquired by man as a member
of society.
No society can exist without culture and vice versa.
CLASSICALDEFINITIONOF
CULTURE

8. • Joseph H. Fitcher gave more importance on culture than on
society. He wrote “ Aperson may scape society for a while, but he
can never scape culture.
Even in isolation, where the person tries to get away from his social
group temporarily, he thinks and acts according to the patterns of
behavior with which he grew up.

9. • Culture as a Social Heritage
Culture as a social heritage has two complication
* it is complex
* it is socially transmitted
-Culture must be passed from one generation to another.
• Culture as a distinguishing factor
-Any society possesses its own culture which is more or less unique
• Culture as an established pattern of behavior
-Through culture, individuals within a social group can interact with
one another
• Culture as both material and immaterial
* Material
Lundberg, Schrag, and Larsen elucidated this point as: “ An
ordinary piece of ground
* Immaterial
It is composed of the behavior, thoughts, beliefs, feelings as well
as the intellectual, artistic, and social ideals and values that the members of the
society profess and to which they strive to conform.
PERTINENT MEANING OF
CULTURE

10. CHARACTERISTICS OF
CULTURE

11. (1) Culture is social:
Culture does not exist in isolation. It is a
product of society. It develops through social
interaction. No man can acquire culture
without association with others. Man becomes
a man only among men.
(2) Culture is shared:
Culture is not something that an individual
alone can possess. Culture in sociological
sense is shared. For example, customs,
traditions, beliefs, ideas, values, morale etc.
are all shared by people of a group or
society.

12. (3) Culture is learnt:
Culture is not inborn. It is learnt. Culture is often called "learned
ways of behavior". Unlearned behavior is not culture. But shaking
hands, saying thanks' dressing etc. are cultural behavior.
Namaskar: To greet another person a
friend or acquaintance, to pay respect to
an elder, a holy person or a temple deity
or a Hindu joins his or her hands with
palms together, bows down in front of the
other person, and
says Namaskar, Namaste, or Pranam -
meaning Reverent Salutations.

13. (4) Culture is transmissive:
Culture is transmissive as it is transmitted from one generation to
another. Language is the main vehicle of culture. Language in
different form makes it possible for the present generation to
understand the achievement of earlier generations. Transmission of
culture may take place by imitation as well as by instruction.

14. (5) Culture is continuous and
cumulative:
Culture exists as a continuous
process. In its historical growth it
tends to become cumulative.
Sociologist Linton called culture 'the
social heritage' of man. It becomes
difficult for us to imagine what society
would be like without culture.

15. (6) Culture varies from society to society:
Every society has a culture of its own. It differs
from society to society. Culture of every society is
unique to itself. Cultures are not uniform.
Cultural elements like customs, traditions, morale,
values, beliefs are not uniform everywhere.
Culture varies from time to time also.

16. (8) Culture is gratifying:
Culture provides proper opportunities for the
satisfaction of our needs and desires. Our needs
both biological and social are fulfilled in the cultural
ways. Culture determines and guides various
activities of man. Thus, culture is defined as the
process through which human beings satisfy their
wants.
(7) Culture is dynamic:
No culture ever remains constant or changeless.
It is subject to slow but constant change. Culture
is responsive to the changing conditions of the
physical world. Hence culture is dynamic.

17. CONCLUSION
From the above discussion we are clear that each and every society
has a culture of its own. Culture is not only diverse but also unequal,
but is found in societies throughout the world.