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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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