What_Do_Sociologists_Mean_By_Culture__What_Functions_Does_It

What Do Sociologists Mean By Culture' What Functions Does It Perform In Society' How, If At All, Does It Help Us To Understand The Differences Between Human And Animal Societies, Seen In The Context Of The Long Term Process Of Biological Evolution' What do sociologists mean by culture' What functions does it perform in society' How, if at all, does it help us to understand the differences between human and animal societies, seen in the context of the long term process of biological evolution' To discuss culture is to discuss society. The two are so closely interconnected that it is impossible to perceive one without the other. A society can be considered as a fluid body constructed of a web of relationships, a network of ties binding together a group of people (Giddens, 1997). These societies can range in size from hundreds of millions, such as the United States, to groups numbering mere hundreds. Within every one of the world societies culture exists, and indeed, a culture; if it is accepted that the multitudinous individual aspects that make up culture bind together to form a culture. Without culture there would be no society (Giddens, 1997), there would be no common ground on which to stand shoulder to shoulder with our peers, no identity to share and no self-identity. So how does culture shape our relationships' How do we learn to define ourselves' How do we know what is normal' These questions will be culture, society, group, without, way, rules, one, child, people, life, existence, definition, been, within, system, something, male, live, little, human, groups, gorilla, family, every, day, concept, certain, caste, animal, although, societies, role, own, members, it’s