Theories of culture help us to greater understand our own culture and others around the world. Structural Functional theory suggests that culture does things in order to meet and satisfy human needs. For example Christmas is one big holiday in the United States. It has high expectations for the people such as Christmas spirit, giving to others, and celebrating with friends and family. It is cultural, and technically represents a Christian holiday for Jesus’s birthday. Although in the US it is definitely become much more than that, it is extremely commercialized and brings many family traditions. Christmas is structurally satisfying to Americans because it is part of our culture, and it brings families together. October is infant loss awareness
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Society is complex, but of the three main sociologist in the chapter I feel Marx was the most useful. First conflict is and has always been a struggle between society and resources readily available. During the industrial revolution he described the capitalists as the money makers, and the proletarians as the workers. One of his main concerns was how a country could be so rich and at the same time reflect such a large amount of poor (107). His goals reflected that he wanted to see change in the income gap. In our information revolution this would still be relevant. Considering the extreme gap in income there are more powerful industries that symbolize wealth and keep it in the family. The lower class may lack skills needed to become rich and powerful, but even with those skills most would fail at obtaining wealth. Globally those in poor countries are not a part of the informational revolution(118). The technology available to those in the United States provides internet and access to information to even those who are struggling. This would be seen as positive to Marx because he wanted the gap in society to lessen. Although there is still a huge income gap, the information gap is somewhat smaller. Each individual has access to information, and there are resources provided such as a library to allow all the right of information. Durkheim would question the anomie of the new technology. Moral guidance is …show more content…
The past six weeks I have realized that society is a major form of control, and in order to meet the norms of society people comply. It seems natural. Society shapes our perspective of the world. Even the perception of ourselves is developed through society. The clothing I wear, the people I associate with, and my entire life is connected within society. As a child I questioned society, “Who says we must get up early in the morning?” As I gain understanding, I gain the power to know that society controls us even though it may seem subtle. Media is also a form of societal power. Very few media elites choose what is newsworthy, and shape our focuses as community. The people base the importance of situations on what we see and hear most frequently. Although learning about socialization has definitely not increased my feelings of freedom, it has not decreased. I feel that the United States freedom is already minimal as it can be without destroying the purpose of the constitution. Society shapes the norms, but this does not stop anyone from deviating. Self image is developed only after social experience(133). Symbols represent and teach humans to observe, or assume meanings and actions. Humans tend to anticipate others reactions before we speak, and this is possible by using context clues. It is possible to choose your dreams in life, and no one can control your personal goals or aspirations even if it is not normal. For example
Society is complex, but of the three main sociologist in the chapter I feel Marx was the most useful. First conflict is and has always been a struggle between society and resources readily available. During the industrial revolution he described the capitalists as the money makers, and the proletarians as the workers. One of his main concerns was how a country could be so rich and at the same time reflect such a large amount of poor (107). His goals reflected that he wanted to see change in the income gap. In our information revolution this would still be relevant. Considering the extreme gap in income there are more powerful industries that symbolize wealth and keep it in the family. The lower class may lack skills needed to become rich and powerful, but even with those skills most would fail at obtaining wealth. Globally those in poor countries are not a part of the informational revolution(118). The technology available to those in the United States provides internet and access to information to even those who are struggling. This would be seen as positive to Marx because he wanted the gap in society to lessen. Although there is still a huge income gap, the information gap is somewhat smaller. Each individual has access to information, and there are resources provided such as a library to allow all the right of information. Durkheim would question the anomie of the new technology. Moral guidance is …show more content…
The past six weeks I have realized that society is a major form of control, and in order to meet the norms of society people comply. It seems natural. Society shapes our perspective of the world. Even the perception of ourselves is developed through society. The clothing I wear, the people I associate with, and my entire life is connected within society. As a child I questioned society, “Who says we must get up early in the morning?” As I gain understanding, I gain the power to know that society controls us even though it may seem subtle. Media is also a form of societal power. Very few media elites choose what is newsworthy, and shape our focuses as community. The people base the importance of situations on what we see and hear most frequently. Although learning about socialization has definitely not increased my feelings of freedom, it has not decreased. I feel that the United States freedom is already minimal as it can be without destroying the purpose of the constitution. Society shapes the norms, but this does not stop anyone from deviating. Self image is developed only after social experience(133). Symbols represent and teach humans to observe, or assume meanings and actions. Humans tend to anticipate others reactions before we speak, and this is possible by using context clues. It is possible to choose your dreams in life, and no one can control your personal goals or aspirations even if it is not normal. For example