Culture is one of the most difficult concepts to define. Take a look through your textbook chapter and see how many times the author says something like, "culture is" or "culture as." Part of the reason that he offers so many different ways of talking about culture is that it is a difficult concept to define. However, we shouldn't think that it is difficult because it's hard to find. On the contrary, culture is hard to define because it is difficult to separate culture from what isn't culture! Culture surrounds us, guides us, and is our world. Culture tells us what to think, what to feel, how to act, and what the meaning of everything is! Without culture, you could not feel a human feeling or think a human thought. Nor would any kind of social organization be possible without culture.
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