Culture - Functionalism
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- Functionalism - S, C, I
- Consensus theory - human societies work best when they are in agreement on norms and values.
- Members must feel a sense of social solidarity.
- Parsons - Socialisation is important. The family is a personality factory. It trains and holds children into the image of society.
- Shared norms and values = social order.
- Culture keeps potentially disruptive behaviour at bay.
- Individual identity must be replaced by a collective identity for consensus.
- Parek - member of society have distinct ways of life which still serving the dominant culture within society.
- Critique -Although there is a dominant culture in society, there are still different cultures within this.
- Kidd defined culture as a way of life for a group of people.
- Culture is socially constructed.
- High culture and popular culture.
- Kidd says you use high culture to improve yourself.
- Cultural diversity can be seen both within cultures and between culture. (intra and inter cultural diversity)
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