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Culture As Text: "Culture of People Is and Ensemble of Text Which The
Culture As Text: "Culture of People Is and Ensemble of Text Which The
Culture As Text: "Culture of People Is and Ensemble of Text Which The
Just like how a spider attaches itself to a wall , it can be numerous ways, it
can have concentric circles of honeycomb like structure just the same
way a human can have numerous way to attach to the reality. For
example – the attack on US twin towers, different people have different
views about it, for some people in US it was an unprecedented attack
while other believes it was a prosecution of innocent people.
“thick description”
Synthesis of our world view (what do we think the world is, how do we
think the world is) and our ethos (the way we think we should act)
The way sacred symbols make the world seem emotionally convincing
and the way seems rational. There is a clear link over here, the way we
react to the world is the way we actually see the world. Id we believe that
there is god who determines the world,we would praise him and if we
don’t believe in god then we don’t even believe in praying or going to the
religious places.
…that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic. [and some
limiting comments]
Religious sentiments are only interspersed in experience. Religion does
not describe, in a positivistic sense, the social order. Rather it shapes it.
The common sense and religious perspective usually interact.
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