Culture

The high school yearbook of society Sociology

Memorable cliques

Stanford prison experiment Privilege Gender Critical race theory

Most likely to succeed

W. E. B. Du Bois Alfred Schütz Friedrich Engels George Herbert Mead

Class projects

Work ethic Social class Mind Siege Work refusal v - t - e

Culture is a broad term to describe different social, religious, historical, and performative characteristics of a group of people. More specifically, culture is a community-defined construct that provides group identity, social connections, rules and ethics, political structures, and reproduction of practices. Culture is most often tied to ethnic groups and nations and can be a powerful force in nationalism. Anthropologists study culture.

However, even within a nation, competing cultures can be found. These are often referred to as subcultures.

A group that establishes its own set of values and behavior in opposition to a dominant group in society is termed a counter-culture.

Other definitions

Among microbiologists, a culture is a particular sample of microorganisms, such as kombucha or any of the numerous groups of E. coli used by Richard Lenski.

See also

• Government

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