Culture: Conceptual Clarifications

Simon Stewart

Culture: Conceptual Clarifications

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There is no single definition that is able to capture the complexity of the concept of culture. Therefore, to gain clarity, culture is considered as a means of human cultivation and “civilization”; as an agent of change; as a source of objective and subjective development; as an aspect of human existence on which humans confer meaning; as a way of life common to a particular group of people; as artistic practices and products; as a source of capital and power; as a means of social reproduction of the existing order; and as a source of value.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Edition	2nd
Publication status	Early online - 22 Oct 2020

Keywords

Culture
Cultural Sociology
Sociology of Culture
Globalization of culture
Raymond Williams
Elias
Bourdieu
Civilizing process
Value

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