Cultural Archives - Sociology Learners https://www.sociologylearners.com/tag/cultural/ Knowledge Bank of Sociology Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 129612039 What is Cultural Relativism? https://www.sociologylearners.com/what-is-cultural-relativism/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:01:45 +0000 https://www.sociologylearners.com/?p=482 If we want or try to understand a foreign culture, it will not be possible if we do not keep our cultural norms, values and beliefs aside. If we don’t do it, it will create biasness in our judgment. We should contemplate their action in the light of their cultural values, norms and beliefs and […]

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]]> If we want or try to understand a foreign culture, it will not be possible if we do not keep our cultural norms, values and beliefs aside. If we don’t do it, it will create biasness in our judgment. We should contemplate their action in the light of their cultural values, norms and beliefs and in the environment they live in. therefore for understanding foreign culture we have to analyze it we have to apply the mode of the particular society in which that culture exist. A sociologist have to undergo some changes if he wants to understand the culture of a particular society, he have to change his attitude, values and motive according to the social system of society which he is studying . By learning the habits and values of the society he can understand the culture of given society.

For instance, the sati rite of Hindu culture seems to us very barbaric but, if we learn their values it will appear a fitted ritual for Hindu society. It’s common in Tibetan and Todas culture to practice polyandry which seems strange and immoral to us. Eskimos kill the old people who are unable to work. It’s the parts and trait of culture when all the traits integrate with one another it forms a complete culture and make complete sense. The cultural trait might be ethical in one society but not in other, it varies from society to society. If they withdraw from one trait the culture might collapse until they find substitute for that trait.

According to Horton and hunt, cultural relativism means that, each trait function and meaning is relative to a given culture, a trait can neither be considered good or bad but it is considered good or bad in a given culture in which it is functioning. 

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]]> 482 Cultural Diffusion https://www.sociologylearners.com/cultural-diffusion/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:38:16 +0000 https://www.sociologylearners.com/?p=259 The spreading of a culture from one society to another is known as cultural diffusion. As discussed earlier culture comprises of material and non-material components. Non-material components of culture includes, ideas, values, beliefs and norms whereas, material components of culture are architecture, technology, means of transportation and means of production. However, spreading or integration of […]

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]]> The spreading of a culture from one society to another is known as cultural diffusion. As discussed earlier culture comprises of material and non-material components. Non-material components of culture includes, ideas, values, beliefs and norms whereas, material components of culture are architecture, technology, means of transportation and means of production. However, spreading or integration of material and non-material cultural components of one society to another is called cultural diffusion.

Beliefs of individuals in a given society is commonly the reflection of their adhered religion. Religious cultural diffusion examples can be found in modern as well as medieval societies. In 700 A.D the religion of Islam was adhered only in Middle Eastern countries, but currently it is spread all over the world. Twenty percent of world population follow the religion of Islam. Another good example of religion diffusion is Christianity, which initiated in Israel and now it is the most spread religion of the world. In the early ages culture can be diffused by, invasion and trade but in modern era technology plays an important role in spreading of culture from one region to another. Islam spread in India after the invasion of Arabs in 712 AD. Preacher used to go door to door and preach their religion (Islam). Currently, technological advancement have made preachers life easy. Mostly religious scholars preach religion via electronic, print and internet media. Culture can be spread through migration, trade and commerce as well.

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