Society is a system of interrelated relationships that connect individuals in regular relationships.

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• Society is a system of inter-related
  relationships that connect individuals in regular
  relationships.
• Culture and society are interrelated. Culture is
  the social glue and a source of conformity among
  its individuals.

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• Role of culture in daily life (cultural turn)
  is a renewed interest in sociology.
• The culture is the tools or scripts that we
  follow and we have multiple scripts for any given
  situation. The scripts help with conformity and
  with making behavior predictable.

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• Adaptation to the environment was the goal of
  early man (2 million years ago)
• Develop tools, hunt gather, use fire,
  cooperate, communicate
• Compete with other species because of our
  enormous and complex brains and, ultimately,
  culture

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• How can we explain this?
• Nature vs. Nurture debate
• Edward O. Wilson Sociobiology (biology
  determines behavior)
• Courtship behavior
• Sexual reproductive behavior
• Sexual strategies for men and women
• What about violence and homosexuality?
• Social Darwinism (the evolution of social systems
  through natural selection and survival of the
  fittest)

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• Language is the mechanism that allows us to
  transmit culture!
• Cultural universals include
• prohibitions against incest
• institution of marriage
• the family
• religion

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• Cultures and Societies are not staticthey change
  and even disappear throughout history
• What do you think drives the changes in culture
  and society?

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• What do you suppose the cultures of ancient times
  were like?
• Consider Globalization and Modernization

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• Things to consider
• What is modernization?
• How about the global village?
• The internet?
• Economics?
• Communications?
• Travel?
• Banking?