Sociology

Culture

Posted by Unknown , Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:58 AM

Culture is the way of life in simple meaning. Culture means social charm in intellectual excellence.Culture is the stock in trade of a group. In Nepali, Sanskrit, a synonym for culture is 'Sanskar'. Culture includes every thing for which ritual performance are needed. Culture, in anthropology, the patterns of behaviour and thinking that people living in social learn, create, and share. Culture distinguishes one human group from others. A people's culture includes their beliefs, rules of behaviour, language, rituals, art, technology, styles of dress, ways of producing and cooking food, religion, and political and economic systems. Culture is the most important concept in anthropology ( the study of all aspects of human life, past and present). Anthropologists commonly use the term culture to refer to a society or group in which many people live and think in the same ways. Thus, the terms culture and society are somewhat interchangeable.

Some definitions are as follows :-
1. " Culture is the man made part of the environment." - M.J. Herskovits
2. " Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society. " - Tylor
3. " Culture is the hindiwork of man and the medium through which achieves his ends." - Malinowski