1. What is the main point and/or argument in the article?
"Culture consists of the values (abstract ideals) the members of a given group hold, the norms (definite principles or rules people are expected to observe) they follow, and the material goods they create." -Introduction to Society Anthony Giddens and Mitchell Duneier. This is how culture is defined in our text. In my words culture is the transmission of behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, values, institutions, and tangible goods among groups of people in a society. Now according to Clyde Kluckholm in his article he argues that people's culture is what makes up a society. He says that the way we get by life is constructed by one's culture. "Culture is like a map- with it you can navigate a society; without it you will be barley human" says Kluckholm. So his main point is that culture is the reason why we exist today. It is how we get by life. It is a concept which controls the way of life for us humans.
2. What theoretical and/or methodological framework does the article
Kluckholm's supports his main point by identifying that every lifestyle is shaped around a culture. He uses actual cases of different cultures around the world. He also demonstrates how each society transmits its culture onto another society. He proves to the reader that members of all societies face
3. How is the main point supported?
some of the same unavoidable dilemmas and without culture a society can not
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