THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF CULTURE

DEEP STRUCTURE INSTITUTIONS CARRY CULTURE’S

MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGES
- The social institutions of family, stat, and religion carry the messages that matter most to
people. Whether you seek material possession to attain happiness or to choose instead to
seek spiritual fulfilment, the three deep structure institutions help you make major
decisions regarding how to live your life. These cultural institutions, and the messages
they generate, tell you whether you should believe in the fate or the power of free choice,
notions about right and wrong, why there is suffering, what expect from life, where your
loyalties should reside, and even how to prepare for death.

DEEP STRUCTURE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR MESSAGES ARE DEEPLY FELT

- Looking around the world, deeply rooted loyalty and nationalism cam be observed on
every continent. The emotional response associated with deep structure issues surfaced
when a Danish newspaper printed caricatures of the prophet Muhammed, which millions
of Muslims of found offensive, since more Muslims considers any depiction of the
prophet to be sacrilegious. Days of rioting followed in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, the
Philippines, Indonesia, and many other countries. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims
took to the streets “demonstrating against the cartoons by burning, trampling and spitting
on Danish flags while chanting ‘God is great’ and ‘Down in Denmark”

DEEP STRUCTURE INSTITUTIONS SUPPLY MUCH OF A PERSON’ IDENTITY

- One of the most important responsibilities of any culture is to assist its members in
forming their identities. You are not born with an identity, but through countless
interactions you discover who you are, how you fit in, and where to find security. Charon
makes much thew same point when he notes. “We learn our identities – who we are –
through socialization.”

FAMILY
- is the oldest and most fundamental of human institutions.
- Is the basic unit of society and it is at the heart of its survival.
- Without the family, human society as we know it could not exist – propose by nye and
Berardo.

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY

- Most basic unit of government.
- As the first community to which person is attached and the first authority under which
person learns to live.
- The family is the principal transmitter of knowledge, values, attitudes, roles, and habbit
from one generation to the next.

FORMS OF FAMILY
1. The family they are born into (the family of orientation)
2. The family that is formed when and if they take a mate.

NUCLEAR FAMILIES
- Referred as “two-generation families”
- All of the deep structure institutions manifests many of the values of the culture that
stresses this family patterns.
- Cultural values of the nuclear family are also reflected on child-rearing practices.

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EXTENDED FAMILIES
- Includes other relations and generation in addition to the nuclear family.

EXERCISE:
DIRECTION: Answer the following intelligently and concisely. (40 POINTs)

1. What about the institution of family, state, and religion makes them endure? (10
POINTS)
2. What do you think families, in one form or another, are found in every culture? (10
POINTS)
3. In what major ways do extended families differ from nuclear families. Use any graphic
organizer. (20 POINTS)

PREPARED BY:

LARA TESSA S. CATAM

INSTRUCTOR

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