Anthropological and sociological perspective on culture and society..

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1. ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON CULTURE AND SOCIETY

2. Anthropological Anthropology is the study of humans and human behavior and societies in the past and present. Social anthropology and cultural anthropology study the norms and values of societies. Linguistic anthropology studies how language affects social life. is wide-ranging, including, fossil remains, non human primate anatomy and behavior, artifacts from past cultures, past and present languages, and all the prehistoric and contemporary cultures of the world.

3. Sociological Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture. the systematic interpretation of codes and conducts in the form of language, symbols, face expressions, dress, food, music etc. used by people in society.  Social interaction amongst humans is the basic sociological concept, because all humans and groups that make up a society socialize.

4. Specialists who focus on particular details of specific interactions as they occur daily are called micro sociologists and those that focus on larger patterns of interactions amongst larger sections of the society such as state and economy are called macro sociologists. The causes of cultural changes in a society are cultural diffusion, innovation, and imposition of cultural change by outside world.

5. Two concepts of sociology: Dominant culture - is the culture of the most powerful group in the society.  Subcultures - on the other hand are cultures of groups whose values and norms of behavior differ from those of the dominant culture.