Cultures and Societies in a Changing World

1: Culture and the Cultural Diamond Two Ways of Looking at Culture Connections: The Links Between Culture and Society Summary Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Futher Reading 2: Cultural Meaning Why Do We Need Meaning? Culture and Meaning in Refelction Theory Culture and Meaning in Marxian Sociology Culture and Meaning in Functionalist Sociology Culture and Meaning in Weberian Sociology Meaning Systems or a Tool Kit? Meaning, Modernity, and the Clash of Cultures Summary Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading 3: Culture as a Social Creation Durkheim and the Social Production of Culture The Collective Production of Culture Cultural Innovation and Social Change Summary Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading 4: The Production, Distribution, and Reception of Culture The Production of Culture The Production of Ideas Reception Freedom of Interpretation: Two Views Summary Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading 5: Identities, Problems, and Movements Constructing a Collective Identity Constructing a Social Problem Constructing a Social Movement Summary Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading 6: Organizations in a Multicultural World Organizational Cultures Organizations in Cultural Contexts Working Across Cultures Summary Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading 7: Culture and Connection Media Revolutions and Cultural Communities The Cultural Impact of the Internet Communities of Meaning in a Global Culture Mediated Transnationals Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading 8: Culture and Power Power: What Is It, Who Has It, and Why Do People Submit to It? Power in Face-to-Face Interactions Identiy Politics The Aesthetics of Power Political Acts as Cultural Objects Cultures Without Centers Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading