Comparing Damen And John Breen's Definition Of Culture
While Damen, L (1987), was of the opinion that culture is a shared human behaviour or models for everyday living, this pattern and models cut across all aspects of human social interaction. In his view, culture is “human’s primary adaptive mechanism” and it is learnt. (p. 367)
Similar to Damen's definition of culture, Hofstede, G (1984) defined culture as the collective programming of the mind which is unique to each group and distinguishes them from one another.
In a sense, culture itself is an environmental concept. Yet, because culture is constructed socially, it must be understood, if not defined, as a reflection of what we want, or as John Breen puts it, culture can be understood as a society’s answer to series of fundamental questions,
Similar to Damen's definition of culture, Hofstede, G (1984) defined culture as the collective programming of the mind which is unique to each group and distinguishes them from one another.
In a sense, culture itself is an environmental concept. Yet, because culture is constructed socially, it must be understood, if not defined, as a reflection of what we want, or as John Breen puts it, culture can be understood as a society’s answer to series of fundamental questions,