CHAPTER 7: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

CHAPTER 7: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

1. Explicit and tacit perspectives

   • These are the ways through beliefs, values and perceptions are expressed.
     • Sayings
     • Proverbs
     • Creeds
     • Myths

2. Perceptions, beliefs, values and attitudes

   • Different views of the content and nature of perspectives.
     • What we perceive, ignore and notice.
     • What we hold to be true or false.
     • What we hold to be right or wrong, good or evil.
     • Our mental and affective dispositions related to the feelings and emotions.
   • Worldview
     • Perception of all that surrounds one.
     • Belief system
       • Religious institutions.
     • A unified, shared outlook on the world.

3. Points of view on culture

   • The functionalist view
     • Culture as an integrated harmonious whole.
   • The interpretive view
     • Culture as defined by distinct communities and its members.
   • The conflict view
     • Culture as separate communities in conflict

4. Emic and etic perspectives

   • Emic
     • Is the explanation of their own culture and themselves.
   • Etic
     • The explanation about others cultures related to the own criteria.