Culture 8th Notes KSEEB Social Science
→ Culture keeps human beings different from animals.
→ Culture and society are two faces of the same coin.
→ Human beings social, religious, political economical and spiritual aspects are decided by culture.
→ Culture is considered in the main aspect of social change.
→ Culture indicates progress in life style, music, literature, art, science and technology of any given human society.
→ Culture makes human society strong and meaningful.
→ Culture means the transfer of knowledge, experience, belief, value behaviour, hierarchy, relationship from generation to generation.
→ Culture means a life pattern of a group of people.
→ Culture contains the life symbols along with beliefs and values.
→ The word culture is derived from the Latin words ‘Colere’. It means cultivate or tend in Latin.
→ According to L.B. Tylor. “Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, rules and regulations, traditions and any other capabilities earned by the human being as a member of society”
→ Culture is divided into material culture and non – material culture.
→ Many features of culture are – culture is abstract, culture is social, culture is learnt, culture means co-existence, culture is continuous, culture is diverse.