Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

ACTIVITY
MOHAMMAD JAMMER S. BALADSAL
 Yes. Every major pandemic in human history has
QUESTION been exacerbated by cultural behavior in one way or
another. Culture is one of the most fundamental
Is it true that every ways that shape how we live in the world. Every
culture was affected community has cultural reactions that vary
with todays depending on how our families are structured, our
way of life, and our economic systems.
pandemic? Why and
in what ways? But the usual and general effect of the pandemic is
a lot of individuals lost their jobs and, that causes a
financial crisis for everybody.
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 Prominent Descriptions about the Prominent
Discipline Scholars
Significance about their Studies
Scholars

Margaret Mead is an American As an anthropologist, Mead was best known

anthropologist whose great fame owed as for her studies of the nonliterate peoples of
Margaret Oceania, especially with regard to various
Anthropology much to the force of her personality and aspects of psychology and culture—the
Mead her outspokenness as it did to the quality cultural conditioning of sexual behavior,
of her scientific work. natural character, and culture change.

Auguste Comte is the founder of Auguste Comte’s important contribution to

positivism, a philosophical and political sociology was the positivist legacy which he
Auguste
Sociology movement which enjoyed a very wide left behind him. In his Course de philosophies
Comte diffusion in the second half of the positive, he propounded his positivist
nineteenth century. philosophy.

Wheeler was a professor of political science at

Harvey Wheeler was the author of numerous
nonfiction political science books which—with
Harvey
Political Science its theme of accidental nuclear attack—struck a
Wheeler chord with a nervous public upon its release at
a time of heightened Cold War tensions.
Washington and Lee University, in Lexington,
Virginia. He later explained that as a veteran of the
second world war, he was aware of its horrors, and
that the dropping of nuclear bombs on Japan had left
him with a "presentiment of nuclear catastrophe", and
inspired him to study political science.
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In culture, appropriate spaces.
the Asian cultures across all the countries of Asia. Throughout Asia,
the way of eating is to use chopsticks with every meal. These people may find it
Ethnocentrism unnecessary to find that people in other societies, such as the American society,
eat using forks, spoons, knives, etc. They find it foolish for other cultures to not
use utensils similar to chopsticks.
Xenocentrism The idea that cloth to make clothes is better produced by other nations.
Chinese culture and their process of feet binding. Foot binding was to stop the
growth of the foot and make them smaller. The process often began between
Cultural Relativism four and seven years old. A ten foot bandage would be wrapped around the
foot forcing the toes to go under the foot. It caused the big toe to be closer to the
heel causing the foot to bow.
Anti-racism. It is common for nations, cities and organizations that embrace
Multiculturalism multiculturalism to use media and education to create awareness of racism,
intolerance and biases.
In some cultures it is considered customary to greet one another with a hug. If
you are doing business in a culture such as this and you greet your business
Cultural Sensitivity
client with a handshake instead of a hug, your client may be offended.
Summary:
• Today I learned the concept of…
- Culture, Society and Politics

• The values I gained from the lesson…

- Learn to be open minded, understand one another and respect other’s
opinion.

• I realized that I can apply it…

- To my daily life and also to avoid misunderstandings.

• And I can connect this to my faith life…

- And respect one another’s beliefs.
Action:
And I promise to…
- Use these learnings to educate others as much as possible.