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To: JohnM who wrote (39783)	8/28/2002 2:09:12 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

1. "Culture" is one of the slippery terms in the social sciences. There was a time, surely during the 50s and 60s, perhaps into the 70s, in which there was a general consensus that it referred to some sort of wholistic belief systems. Now that consensus is no longer around. When the term is used, one needs to look at the way writers use it in their sentences. Some still employ that older definition, others throw adjectives in front of it--popular culture, media culture, elite culture, etc. Some are referring to themes, etc. Might be a slippery concept in Sociology, John, but it isn't a slippery concept in Anthropology. I always had the impression Sociologists adopted the concept begrudgingly because they were sore Anthropologists cut the trails when Durkheim was so close yet so far. :P Derek