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In order for human beings to be cultural animals, however, nature had to change the behavior-producing system so as to make it receptive to meanings. Meaning is the vehicle by which culture influences behavior. People use meaning to allow their behavior to benefit from culture.
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume, which is about social life and cultural sociology.
16 cze 2005 · What makes us human? Why do people think, feel, and act as they do? What is the essence of human nature? What is the basic relationship between the individual and society? These questions have fascinated people for centuries.
The article analyses the area of cultural activities outside the institutional circulation of culture, or within that framework but focusing on social values of art. Culture is understood here in its wide anthropological and sociological sense; by the subjects of culture, the author means individual producers, informal groups and social ...
2 gru 2022 · The book takes a novel approach to introduce cultural anthropology to students, drawing on wonderful stories and ethnographic anecdotes as a way to discuss anthropological concepts.
In this lesson we explore different social structures and the cultural ideas and ideals connected to them through the a story of love in four cultures. Then we look at how the self is created through a biocultural analysis of identity, race, and gender.
Containing contributions from American and British social anthropologists and historians, the volume bridges the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, and marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural basis of economic life and the sociology of culture.
