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1 Defining Culture, Society, and Politics
1 Defining Culture, Society, and Politics
GROUP 1: GENDER
GROUP 2: SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
GROUP 3: ETHNICITY
GROUP 4: RELIGION
GROUP 5: EXEPTIONALITY
GROUP 6: NATIONALITY
CULTURE
• SUM OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S WAY OF LIFE, RANGING FROM
THE FOOD HE OR SHE EATS, THE CLOTHES HE OR SHE
WEARS, AND THE HOUSE WHERE HE OR SHE LIVES.
• INCLUDES BOTH THE MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL
THINGS THAT HE/SHE POSSESSES OR ACQUIRES.
• NON-MATERIAL THINGS:ARE THE NORMS AND VALUES AS
WELL AS THE INTANGIBLE ASPECTS OF HIS/HER EXISTENCE
CULTURE
• INCLUDES FADS, AND FASHION TRENDS, MANNERS AND
TABOOS AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND
TECHNOLOGY THAT MANIFEST THROUGH TANGIBLE
ASPECTS SUCH AS: ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING
WONDERS, ADVANCEMENTS IN MEDICINE, AND
BREAKTHROUGHS IN TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATION
SOCIETY
• DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZED GROUP OR GROUPS OF
INTERDEPENDENT PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON
TERRITORY,LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE, AND WHO ACT
TOGETHER FOR COLELCTIVE SURVIVAL AND WELL-BEING
• THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE DEPEND UPON ONE ANOTHER CAN
BE SEEN IN DIFFERENT SOCIAL FEATURES, SUCH AS THEIR
ECONOMIC, COMMUNICATION AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS
SOCIETY
• CAME FROM THE LATIN WORD “SOCIETAS”, WHICH IN
TURN WAS DERIVED FROM THE NOUN “SOCIUS”
(COMRADE, FRIEND, ALLY) USED TO DESCRIBE A BOND
OR INTERACTION BETWEEN PARTIES THAT ARE
FRIENDLY, OR AT LEAST CIVIL.
SOCIETY