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fessor Kroeber discusses the various meanings of the con cept of "culture"; the possibility of a scientific study of culture; how such a study differs from natural-science
1 sty 2013 · Having deliberately dealt vaguely with the term thus far, the aim of this chapter is to examine three related questions: Of what does culture consist? What does culture do? and What should...
20 lip 2020 · People refers to population dynamics, social relations, and culture in groups. Places refers to ecological dynamics, institutional influences, and culture in contexts.
7 paź 2015 · PDF | Culture is an indispensable but multi-accented term, which in itself expresses the complexity of human history. In its widespread use culture... | Find, read and cite all the research...
Definitions of culture abound and range from very complex to very simple. For example, a complex definition was proposed by Kroeber and Parsons (1958): “transmit-ted and created content and patterns of values, ideas, and other symbolic- meaningful systems as factors in the shaping of human behavior” (p. 583).
The term culture was first used in the social sciences by an anthropologist, Edward B. Tylor in 1871 (Tylor, 1974), who defined culture as “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
Various histories inform the cultural analysis of science, both outside and within anthropology. A shift from the study of gender to the study of science, the influence of postcolonial critiques of the discipline, and the impact of cultural studies are discussed in terms of their influence upon the cultural analysis of science.
