Symbolic anthropology

My theoretical tendencies on social change are most aligned with critical theory. This is not because I am overly critical of all aspects of society, however, I am most often critical of the structural systems in place that appear to work as machines of oppression and interest groups rather than social justice and equality. This personal predisposition supports an approach that is congruent with structural social work theory. Structural social work critiques existing social, economic, and…

Habermas, Jürgen, et al. “The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article (1964).” New German Critique, no. 3, 1974, pp. 49–55. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/487737. The “Encyclopedia Article” by Habermas provides the foundations/ transformation for the public sphere, as a concept, its history, the liberal model, and in the social welfare state mass democracy. The overall thesis for the article by Habermas is to provide a basic, foundational understanding of the public sphere. Habermas…

Complex Cultural Identity and the Transmission of Culture The relationship between culture and individual identity is in a continuous cycle where culture helps in shaping the identity of the individual, then the individual helps back by transmitting culture to different generations, so the cycle goes on again. In this paper, I explore this continuous relationship between culture and the individual identity in Honor, Dolly City, and My Grandmother. I argue that a complex cultural identity exists…

Introduction: Politeness can be found in different cultural and languages all over the world, and because of that, people from different culture might have different point of view when speaking of politeness. Throughout history, there have been studies and research on politeness, and one of the most significant and influential research on linguistic politeness would be Brown and Levinson's politeness theory. Even though Brown and Levinson's politeness theory of "face" has become a foundation of…

A literary work exists because of society. Literature is a written work and relates to the society, they cannot be separated. Through literature, we could see how the author depicts the society and their social circumstances. Therefore, literary work is the reflection of the real life. It can describe the events in our life, and also contains the stratification which indicates that literature and society is closely related because literature expresses the situations and problems existing in…

PAKISTANI CULTURE-A VALUE ORIENTED CULTURE QUESTION: Pakistani culture is a value oriented culture. Justify the statement. CULTURE Culture is an ever-changing phenomenon. The word culture has many definitions. It is basically known as way of living of people. According to Herskovits: “Man-made environment is called culture.” PAKISTANI CULTURE Pakistani culture is basically a mixed culture(blend of different cultures). It is influenced and affected by various cultures like western, Indian,…

Kultvetbas Ht15 The definition of culture has long been a source of debate among anthropologists and cross-cultural psychologists ( Jahoda, 1984; Rohner 1984; Segall, 1984); a classic 1952 publication identified over 160 definitions of culture (Kroeber & Kluckhohn, 1952). Although there is variation in the definitions of culture, many point to the shared nature of culture, its ability to impart adaptive (or once adaptive) knowledge, and its transmission across time and generation (Triandis,…

The difference between Social Science and Natural Science is Social Sciences include the study of economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology. They are a group of disciplines that deal with humans, both as individuals and as interacting groups. Natural Sciences include the study of astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics as well as areas of overlap. Briefly, social sciences are the study of humans and their interactions, and…

In the past there were countless acts of inequality, segregation, and discrimination due to how a person looked, this was mainly composed at the U.S. land. One of the huge factor of inequality that affected the past and today is racism. Racism has been around for as long as we know it and has affected many people and has changed history. Next, one example of racism that dates back into the 1600s was slavery, numerous occurrences have involved slavery with other races but the one that…

It comes as no surprise that the some immigrants are conflicted about cultural views and as time goes by, they desire to assimilate to their new community. However, we, immigrants tend to fulfill a stereotypical role. We develop the sense of cultural sense of humor too. Some big and diverse countries like United States or Europe countries have a subject dispute about cultural ethos. Some of these issues include national identity or beliefs and values of a culture. A national identity is when…