Culture and Socialisation — Sociology STD 11 Humanities — Question

Malinowike: Gillin and Gillin and others gave their same opinions regarding social and cultural changes. However Prof: Dawis has pointed out some difference between the two. According to him, change in social structure only represents social change. Some important differences between social and cultural changes are:Social Change:

1. Change in social relations.
2. Change in social structure and relationship is a must.
3. Scope of social change is limited.
4. Social change effects culture.
5. Society has its roots in the present, hence change in it has relative implications. Cultural Change
6. Changes in religion and art, language or liferature which in turn effect social relationships.
7. Cultural change is primarily responsible for new discoveries, inventions and change in cultural activities.
8. Scope of cultural change is large.
9. Cultural change effects social change.
10. As culture has got its roots in their past, hence change in it has relatively less implications.

If society is a tributary while culture is the main river, cultural changes are more relevant. Still both the changes cannot be taken independently from each other as they ene effect mutually.