Sociological Concept Of Culture

Sociological Concept of Culture

In general, Sociology is a scientific study that involves the human social behaviour which is shaped by the society, whereby it is a system of interrelations which connects individuals together to create a unique culture (Denny and Earle, 2009). Therefore, without culture and society, a closed connection between these notions could not be formed, due to the absence of structured social relationships (Sewell Jr, 2005).

According to Macionis and Plummer (2012), sociology is the combination of Greek and Latin that was defined as the study of society, who were developed by the French philosopher who is also known as the founder of sociology, Auguste Comte (1798-1857). With the curiosity about the human world, Comte

It is also known for its multi-ethnic races which comprised of mainly Chinese, Malay and Indian populations; where interactions among the different races as commonly seen, which were influenced by the immigrants of the past (Goh et al., 2009). Singaporean families still do practice the traditional Asian way, where it ideals emphasise of strong role prescriptions, such as, hierarchies of males over females in the nuclear family (Shih and Pyke, 2009). It is defined as a married heterosexual couple consists of a breadwinner or a husband, and a homemaker or wife and their dependent children (Cooke and Philpin, 2008). With the following roles and responsibilities shaping the relationship between family members; whereby the role of husband or father is to provide economically for the family, while the wife or mother is mostly concerned with looking after the well-being of the family (Denny and Earle, 2009). Furthermore, it is the parents’ responsibilities and duties to follow the guidance from their ancestors, for the upbringing of their own children in contributing to the society (Naser et al., 2012). Therefore, understanding the diversity of family life is important as it allows the society to recognise the values and beliefs over a significant time span across the different cultures (Denny and Earle, 2009). As a result, by following the culture that has

Based on the different interests and potential inequality, which linked to unequal distribution of money and power, such as, social class, race and ethnicity (Macionis and Plummer, 2012). For instance, a Chinese rich middle class woman from a cosmopolitan background, has her maternity care medicalise versus a Malay village woman who is taken care by a local midwifery, who followed her recuperation period. But due to her contribution to the family income, she needs to return to work and break the recuperation, and somehow this shows the gap of social class differences (Ali and Howden-Chapman, 2007). For that reason, racism also served to divide the working class which act as a function of the capitalist system and somehow contributes to the economic and political power (Culley and Dyson, 2001). Indeed, sociologists highlighted on the differences and conflicts between the privileged and the underprivileged; such as the rich and the poor (Macionis and Plummer, 2012). Therefore, subcultures were created, as not all members of the society would share the same cultural beliefs (Sewell Jr, 2005). For that reason, Marx believed that it was important to understand the society in order to change the concept (Cooke and Philpin, 2008). As this dilemma has led to some