What is culture?

[sadashivan]

Each living life is attached in culture whether humans or animals. Culture is natural development during birth process {what we call is behavior, that changes from individual to individual broadened when lives in family that family is part of a society (group or community), behavior of the group is culture} and its evolution is based on intelligence reaction to experiences and needs. For example initial stages of humans, behavior were similar to other animals lived in groups. Animals too live in groups (society or community) and their group behavior and practices is their culture. Human intelligence reacted stronger to experiences and needs that widened cultural status.

Culture is process to live in group. Each society has norms to follow by individuals in order to retain society strong and intact.

Culture is a process for identity of living creatures and cultural evolution raises the identity of society, benefit goes to its individuals.

Culture differentiates from group to group (as behavior changes) though major part remains same as human culture to differentiate from other species. This gives different identity.

For society’s culture there is one individual behind who broadens or establishes the cultural status.

Culture developed by beliefs, faith, practices, customs, way to live, art, intelligence, language, food habits, and economy etc; Cultural growth gave identity to the societies that named, Christian or Muslim or Hindu or Jewish or Buddhist etc; have different cultures. So when we come across art, customs etc; we identify what is their culture or which religion they belong. Cultural growth is community growth.

Differences of cultures of two societies when clash leads to war and stronger one overpowers the other to establish own culture that way it broadens its culture. An apparent example we have is western culture spread in most part of the world.

 

[rex_b]

Culture would be the environment that you live around. And there can be many subcultures with in that main culture. etc. etc.

 

[joebudda]

I do agree with what you are saying.

Culture = Philosophy

Philosophy = Tradition

Tradition = Culture

We being human seem to fear what we do not know. Many times this ignorance leads to the extremes of war.

People for some reason like to put themselves and what they know as being more important then what we do not understand or are just ignorant of.

If we all started realizing that we are all one (human), instead of placing different values on ideas we are one step closer to peace between everyone.

By the way welcome. Good to see a Hindu here. It is a quite beautiful belief.

 

[sadashivan]

Culture would be the environment that you live around. And there can be many subcultures with in that main culture. etc. etc.

Thanks in one point I feel different, I in my opion enviornemnt is God and not the culture.

 

[Thwingly]

Hey everyone!

sadashivan, that's a good question, I actually looked into this in 9th grade and have a good answer.

Let me start by observing things that we ascribe to "culture." Things like food, clothing, religion, architecture, language/literature, education, music (and other arts), games, and all sorts of things are different aspects of culture.

Now, take clothing for example. Many teenagers feel they need to wear certain clothes to fit in, or in many cases not to fit in. Others don't really care, they just wear what they want. But what is happening is that they are expressing their desires and identity through the clothing. This happens in all the aspects of culture, especially arts. I know that I enjoy classical music because it is deeply moving and complexly simple. My brother enjoys modern music with singing and lyrics, because it lays down a beat and tells a story/message. However, both are outward expressions of who we are.

Hopefully my little schpiel will provoke some debate then...

Sincerely,
Julian.