Understanding Culture and Its Elements
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What are three key elements that define the culture of a people?

Practices, lifestyles, and views.

According to Bhikhu Parekh, how does culture help a group of people understand themselves and the world?

Culture provides a framework of beliefs and practices that allow a group to interpret their own experiences and the world around them.

How does the text suggest that culture varies across different groups of people?

It states that practices, lifestyles, and views vary between and among different groups of people.

Explain the significance of the phrase "a body of beliefs and practices" in understanding the definition of culture.

<p>It highlights the shared values, customs, and ways of thinking that shape a group's identity and collective behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

In your own words, explain how culture influences the way a group of people organizes their individual and collective lives.

<p>Culture provides the social blueprint, shaping norms, expectations, and values that guide individual behavior and collective action. It dictates how individuals interact with each other and the world around them, influencing social structures, relationships, and institutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Culture

The way of life of a people, including practices and beliefs.

Cultural Variability

Differences in practices, lifestyles, and views among groups worldwide.

Collective Life Organization

How a group understands and arranges their lives through beliefs and practices.

Beliefs in Culture

The body of beliefs that a group uses to understand themselves and the world.

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Cultural Practices

Activities and traditions that characterize a specific culture.

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