Difference Between Culture and Civilization

Difference between Culture and Civilization

1. Presentation Topic : Difference between Culture and Civilization. 1 Submitted by: Roll No. 18221554-001 18221554-003 18221554-004 18221554-005 Submitted to: Dr. Qurat- ul- Ain

2. What is meant by Culture? The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. 2

3. What is meant by Civilization? The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area. 3

4. Difference between Culture and civilization: Culture Culture is a term u sed to denote the manifestation of the manner in which we think, behave and act. Culture represent what we are? Culture reflected in Religion, art, dance, literature . Culture can grow and exist without civilization. Culture is Higher level of inner refinement. Civilization Civilization refers to the process through which a region or society, outstretches an advanced stage of human development and organization. Civilization represent what we have? Civilization reflected in Law, administration, infrastructure . Civilization cannot grow and exist without culture. Civilization is Higher level of general development. 4

5. Key differences between Culture and Civilization Culture is an end; it has no measurement standards. As against this, civilization has precise measurement standards, because it is a means. Culture denote the greatest level of inner refinement, and so it is internal. Unlike, civilization which is external, i.e. it is the expression of state of the art technology, product, devices, infrastructure and so forth. Change in culture is observed with time, as in the old thoughts and traditions lost with the passage of time and new ones are added to it which are then transmitted from one generation to another. On the flip side, civilization is continuously advancing, i.e. the various elements of civilization like means of transportation, communication, etc. are developing day by day. 5

6. Characteristics of Culture: Symbolic Learned Shared Dynamic 6

7. Symbolic : Culture is based on symbols. A symbol is something that stands for something else. Symbols vary cross-culturally and are arbitrary. They only have meaning when people in a culture agree on their use. Language, money and art are all symbols. Language is the most important symbolic component of culture. 7

8. Learned: Culture is learned. It is not biological; we do not inherit it. Much of learning culture is unconscious. We learn culture from families, peers, institutions, and media. The process of learning culture is known as enculturation. While all humans have basic biological needs such as food, and sleep, the way we fulfil those needs varies cross-culturally. 8

9. Shared: Culture is shared. Because we share culture with other members of our group, we are able to act in socially appropriate ways as well as predict how others will act. Despite the shared nature of culture, that doesn’t mean that culture is homogenous (the same). The multiple cultural worlds that exist in any society are discussed in detail below. 9

10. Dynamic: Culture is dynamic. This simply means that cultures interact and change. Because most cultures are in contact with other cultures, they exchange ideas and symbols. All cultures change, otherwise, they would have problems adapting to changing environments. And because cultures are integrated, if one component in the system changes, it is likely that the entire system must adjust. 10

11. Characteristics of Civilization: Cities Government Religion Social Structure Writing Art 11

12. Advance Cities: As farmers settled in the fertile river valley, they began to grow surplus or extra food. This extra food increased the population of the settlement that led to the formation of cities. A city is a large group of people who live together in a specific space. A city is usually a centre for trade, and city . 12

13. Government: A government with rules and way of voting or control Explanation: The growing population of cities made government or a system of ruling necessary. Leaders emerged to maintain order and establish laws. Governments began to oversee the business or running and maintaining the cities. All civilizations have a system of government to direct people’s behaviour and make life orderly. They also make and enforce laws, collect taxes, and protect its citizens. 13

14. Religion: A set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices Explanation: Religious leaders would conduct elaborate ceremonies to appease the gods and insure a bountiful harvest. Floods and droughts were blamed on the gods’ anger so rituals were conducted in the temples. 14

15. Art: T he arts and artwork of a thing, place, time, person, etc.; human creations intended to express beauty and convey messages Architecture: the buildings and style or architecture of a thing, place, time, person, etc. Explanation: All civilizations have a highly developed culture including the arts. Arts include creative forms of expression such as painting, architecture, literature, and music. 15

16. Writing: The earliest writing was based on pictographs, that were used to communicate basic information. Over time, the need for writing changed and cuneiform was developed. Cuneiform was the official Mesopotamia writing form. Mesopotamia scribes recorded daily events, trade. astronomy, and literature on clay tablets. They kept excellent records and list of things. 16

17. Public Work: Structures , as roads, dams, or post offices, paid for by government funds for public use. Explanation: The government would order these, although costly to aid and benefit the community. 17

18. Relation between Culture and civilization: The culture is the activities of a person or societies and the civilization is the manifestation of culture in multifarious ways. Civilization is a ocean while culture are the rivers which mixes to form civilization. 18

19. Peculiar Cultures: Kite Festival Water Throwing Festival Tomatoes Festival Mexican Bullfight ( Called as Matador ) Shandur Polo Festival 19

20. Major Civilization: Ancient Greek Ancient Roman Chinese Civilization Arab Spanish 20