Introduction to Sociological Theory
Prof. Gabe Ignatow
Review Sheet for Mid-term Exam 2: Cultural Theory
(June 24 in class)
The second mid-term covers only cultural theory, including Cultural Functionalism, Conflict Theories of Culture, Theories of Religion and Individual Meaning, and Durkheimian Cultural Theory.
You should be able to define and discuss all of the following terms:
Instinct vs. Culture
Meaning
Blinking vs. Winking
Symbols
Signs
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Linguistic Relativism
Linguistic Determinism
Linguistic Categories
Beliefs
Values
Norms
Material Culture
High Culture
Low Culture
Popular Culture
Cultural Capital
Subcultures
Countercultures
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Relativism
Cultural Lag
Synchronic Analysis
Diachronic Analysis
Cultural Functionalism
Cultural Anthropology
Critical Theory
The
The Culture Industry
The “lowest common denominator”
Horkheimer and Adorno
Antonio Gramsci
Organic Intellectuals
Hegemony
Peter Berger
“Sacred Canopy”
The Secularization Thesis
Max Weber
“Railroad Switchman”
Theodicy
Salvation
Calvinism
Other-worldly religion
This-worldly religion
Predestination
Rationalization
The Protestant Ethic
Emile Durkheim
The Elementary Forms…
Aborigines and Native Americans
The Sacred
The Profane
Rituals
Totems
“Collective Effervescence”
Social Solidarity