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CULTURE
INTRODUCTION
CULTURE:
Derived from a Latin word cultura meaning to
cultivate, generally refers to patterns of human
activity and the symbolic structures.
Taylor says:
“culture is that complex whole which includes
knowledge, belief, art, moral, law, customs and any
other capabilities acquired by man as a member of
society”
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE AND
CULTURAL DIFERENCES
•Geert Hofstede calls culture
the ‘software of the mind’
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATIONOF
CULTURE
• German Philosopher
Kant says:
“civilization was a mater of outward behavior where
as culture required morality as an invest state of
man”
• Mac Iver says:
“Civilization is material culture and refers to the
utilitarian order of things; civilization can be
measured and continuously improved. Culture on
the other hand is a realm of values, of styles all
pertaining to non-material”
CONCLUSION