Theories on culture
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- Created on: 25-04-17 12:35
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- Theories on culture
- Functionalism
- We have a shared culture within society
- A shared culture is necessary if a society is to run smoothly, through a shared social consensus
- This shared culture is passed down from generation to generation
- Those within society must conform to the shared culture to avoid anarchy
- People who do not conform to social expectations risk punishment from those within society, due to the breaking of expected norms and values
- We have a shared culture within society
- Marxism
- We have a shared culture within our society
- In our capitalist society, our shared culture is controlled by capitalist ideology
- Culture is nothing more than ruling class ideology
- This harmful ideology is passed on to society as disguised as 'common norms and values'
- Culture is nothing more than ruling class ideology
- In our capitalist society, our shared culture is controlled by capitalist ideology
- The working class suffer a false class consciousness, due to this shared culture
- Their beliefs and culture are not shaped by them, but by those that control them. This helps to maintain the oppression that they face
- We have a shared culture within our society
- Interactionism
- We do and don't have a shared culture within society
- Our culture is based on shared interactions
- There are large elements of shared culture still present as well as vast cultural diversity
- Culture is always subject to change and will continue to change
- Postmodernism
- We do not have a shared culture within society
- There is little/ no shared culture, as we have such a variety and choice for individuals to choose from
- Our society has CULTURAL PLURALISM
- A diversity of cultures in contemporary Britain
- This Pluralism is encouraged through social changes and Government policy changes e.g. to gay marriage and immigration
- We do not have a shared culture within society
- Functionalism
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