UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE,
SOCIETY AND POLITICS
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
CULTURAL VARIATIONS
TYPES OF CULTURAL
VARIATIONS
RELIGION
ETHNICITY
NATIONALITY
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
TYPES OF SOCIAL
DIFFRENCES
GENDER
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
EXCEPTIONALITY
EXAMPLES OF EXCEPTIONALITY
EXAMPLES OF EXCEPTIONALITY
VARIATIONS WITHIN
CULTURE
SUBCULTURE
COUNTER CULTURE
COUNTER CULTURE

racism
sexism
homophobia
HIGH CULTURE
POPULAR CULTURE
A. Subculture

B. Counter Culture
C. High Culture/Popular Culture
POLITICAL IDENTITY
TYPES OF POLITICAL IDENTITY
 PARTISAN POLITICS
Refers to a specific political party affiliation or
partisan identity.
 RACE & IDENTITY
Traditionally, racial terms classify and stratify people by
appearance and inherently assign racial groups as inferior
or superior in society (Kottak & Kozaitis, 2012)
 CLASS & IDENTITY
Refers as to how a person or group of persons think of
themselves in relation to others in society based on their
economic and social position.
 COLONIALISM & IDENTITY
Refers to the practice or policy of control by one people or
power over other people or areas, often aim by establishing
colonies and generally with the aim of economic
dominance.
Cultural Variations
Social differences

gender, socio-
economic status, and
exceptionality.
 subculture, counter culture, high
culture, popular culture.
Political identity