Society and Culture

Dr. Jayesh Patidar

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What is a society?

a shared, learned, symbolic system of values, beliefs and attitudes that shapes and influences perception and behavior -- an abstract "mental blueprint" or "mental code."

A shared perception of reality

Commonly known as “Commonly known as”

Common sense

“They say”

“Everybody knows”

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Why bother with societies and

cultures?

Humans are weak

Societies are mutual support pacts

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Let’s build a society

An individual

Two people

More than two…

Or twenty…

Or twenty million

1st purpose of a society: reduce friction between people in the society

2nd purpose: separate one society from others

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Early Human Culture

Small groups of around 25

Gatherer/hunters

Nomadic

Limited possessions

more permanent settlements

Became tribes

xenophobia

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End of the Ice Age

About 12,000 BCE

The high grasslands began to dry out

Tribes migrated down into the river valleys

looking for food

Tigris/Euphrates

Indus

Yellow

Nile

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The first great change

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Domestication of animals

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Irrigation

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Canals

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Fields

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Granary

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Pharaoh

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Pyramid of Zoser

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The Torah

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Class and Clothing

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Class and Clothing

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Chinese Fingernail Shields

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Jocks vs. Nerds

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Weighing the Heart

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Ramses II

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Queen Hatshepsut

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Nazis

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Soviets

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Sparta vs. Athens

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Rome vs. everybody

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War of the Roses

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English Civil War

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American Revolution

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French Revolution

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American Civil War

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Inquisition

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Women’s Suffrage

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Civil Rights

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Timothy McVeigh / John Allen

Muhammad / Aileen Wuornos

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James von Brunn; Scott Roeder; Jim

David Adkisson

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Anders Behring Breivik

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Thank you

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