Propaedia Outline of Knowledge

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The Development of Human Culture

Subject Outline

ADiverse theories of culture: conceptions involved in the analysis of culture
- 1Definitions of culture
- 2Culture and personality
- 3Cultural comparisons: ethnocentrism, cultural relativism
- 4Cultural adaptation and change
- 5Cultural patterns
- 6Cultural institutions [see 513]
BTypes of cultures
- 1Cultures of primitive and nonurban societies
  - aCultures of nomadic and settled hunters and gatherers
  - bHorticultural societies: societies in which primitive agriculture is supplemental to hunting and gathering
  - cCultures of pastoralists and herdsmen: distribution and characteristics
  - dCultures of peasants and settled agriculturists
- 2Cultures of civilized societies: theories of their origin and evolution
- 3The development of modern industrial civilization: mass society

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