Introduction to Sociology
Culture
Culture means everything that are concerned with human's social activity. People are trained for social animal by culture. In other words, human without culture is same with animal. For example, a young girl is rescued from wolfs' den. People anticipate that the girl has been grown with baby wolfs. The girl act like wolfs for intense, bit people with animosity, howling like wolf, and eat food with her mouth.
In the past, people split the level at culture. They named high culture at cultivated culture (ex. ballet and classic music) and named low culture at otherwise. However, caused by appearance of cultural relativism, those phenomena are decreasing slowly.
Religion
Religion is talking about supernatural topic. There are many answer about the topic at each religion. Religions are divide themselves according to each answer, and they got power. Many people in the world have religion, so religions play on important in society.
1. Keeping solidarity of society
2. Keeping order of society
3. Give meaning in each person's life
First, people feel the feeling of solidarity with who has same religion. This is connected the increase of solidarity of society. Second, people want to act with each religion's doctrine. This situation help keeping order of society. Finally, Religion can be purpose of t's life who has religion. For example, Christians answer like this('Believe gods and be a good man when you alive, you can go to heaven when you die.') to question about afterlife. In other word, going to heaven will be meaning of life to Christians.
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