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Theoretical Perspectives on Culture

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&NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Culture is way of life shared by people within a community or society&period; Each perspective have their own approach to study culture&period; In this article we will discuss the three different approaches to study culture&period; The three sociological perspective are as follow&comma; structural functional perspective&comma; conflict perspective and symbolic interactionist perspective&period; &NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Structural Functional Perspective<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">According to&comma; Structural functional perspective all parts of society &lpar;social institutions&comma; groups and association&rpar; work together and make society as whole&period; Therefore&comma; functionalist view as an important part of society which function contribute in the organization of society&period; Cultural norms provide a guideline to individual to have to behave within an institution and society&comma; which contribute to the stability and fluid operation of society&period; Values teaches people what choices should they made in different scenarios&comma; which are within the boundary of social morality&period; Those choices and decisions should be considered moral and accepted by the members of society&period; Culture fulfil the needs of members within a society&comma; it contribute in the stability and order of society&period; &NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Conflict Perspective<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">According to conflict perspective social structure of society is inherently based on inequality&comma; those who are powerful and wealthy &lpar;upper-class&rpar; exploit people&comma; norms&comma; values and institutions for their own benefit and selfish desires&period; Conflict theorist view culture as a tool for powerful and wealthy people to sustain and maintain the inequalities and differences in the power between social classes within society&period; Conflict perspective is not only limited to power of wealth but&comma; it also discusses the power which is related to gender&comma; age and race&period; Such inequalities which are based on gender&comma; class&comma; age and race create conflict in the society between two factions&period; For instance&comma; businesses promote their products through media&comma; which promote the desired culture of wealthy class&period; Everyone within a society cannot buy or afford those products and life style which is promoted via media&period; Businesses and media promote things as&comma; it is the only way to live within a society&period; Therefore&comma; it creates a gap between the two classes the one who can afford those products and lifestyle and those who cannot afford and bye&period; Which leads to the conflict between two classes&period; Women did not have right to vote in early twentieth century which lead to the establishment of different association and organization for the purpose of securing right to vote&period; This the example of conflict between two factions on the basis of gender&period; &NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 align&equals;"justify">Symbolic interactionist Perspective<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Interactionist theorist view society as&comma; the product of social interaction&period; They believe that&comma; culture is created and sustained because of social interaction between the members of society&period; The way people behave and interact with one another within a society&comma; culture will be the reflection of their actions and how those actions are interpreted&period; Interactionist believe that&comma; interaction is the continuous processes which drives meaning from objects and actions of others&period; Actions of people and objects in environment are considered to be symbols&comma; which has meaning&period; Those meanings are interpreted and communicated through language to others&period; Interactionist believe that&comma; culture is dynamic because it depends on how the symbols are interpreted and perceived by people with in a society&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; 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