Social Sciences
Culture
Culture is the way of life in simple meaning. Culture means social charm in intellectual excellence.Culture is the stock in trade of a group. In Nepali, Sanskrit, a synonym for culture is 'Sanskar'. Culture includes every thing for which ritual performance are needed. Culture, in anthropology, the patterns of behaviour and thinking that people living in social learn, create, and share. Culture distinguishes one human group from others. A people's culture includes their beliefs, rules of behaviour, language, rituals, art, technology, styles of dress, ways of producing and cooking food, religion, and political and economic systems. Culture is the most important concept in anthropology ( the study of all aspects of human life, past and present). Anthropologists commonly use the term culture to refer to a society or group in which many people live and think in the same ways. Thus, the terms culture and society are somewhat interchangeable.
Some definitions are as follows :-
1. " Culture is the man made part of the environment." - M.J. Herskovits
2. " Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society. " - Tylor
3. " Culture is the hindiwork of man and the medium through which achieves his ends." - Malinowski
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Scope Or Subject-matter Of Rural Sociology
The scope or subject-matter of rural sociology is basically the study of rural society with all its complexities. According to Lawry and Nelson, 'The subject-matter of rural sociology is the description and analysis of the progress of various groups...
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The Study Of Human Society
Human beings is the social animals and human beings stand out as distinct species. Human beings claim man alone has a soul, has higher level of intelligence, has a speaking ability, has sociability and hence civilized from the sociological point of view...
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2015 Southwest Popular American Culture Association Annual Conference
2015 Southwest Popular American Culture Association Annual Conference 11th to 14th February 2015 Albuquerque, United States of America Popular And American Culture...
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Antwerp 2011-13
http://www.ucsia.org/main.aspx?c=.SUMMERSCHOOL&n=93087 Welcome to the home page of the UCSIA Summer School Religion, Culture and Society. The summer school is a one-week course taking place each year at the end of August, beginning of September. ...
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East Asian Popular Culture Association 2011 Inaugural Conference
East Asian Popular Culture Association 2011 Inaugural Conference 1 to 4 September 2011 Taipei, Taiwan EAPCA is now inviting proposals for panels and papers on East Asian popular culture. We encourage imaginative perspectives and critical interpretations...
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