Tuesday, April 1, 2008

What is Culture?

Culture is a moral code that guides the daily actions of individuals within a society. Every choice one makes is directly related to his/her culture. Culture encompasses everything about a society from religious faith to traditional customs. At first glance I expected this to be an easy assignment, but the more thought I put into it the harder it became to define culture. And in so trying have come to the conclusion that no one definition is accurate. The text describes a high and low culture using a skyscraper as a guide. I strongly disagree with this approach as what one person thinks should be high culture could be low culture to another individual with different values but still sharing the same culture. Culture is not static; it is always evolving and has its roots deep within a society’s values and beliefs.

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