CULTURE AND SOCIETY
by Antonio C. Antonio
November 24, 2013
Culture and society are very broad and diverse concepts. Different
cultures are unique, have their own sets of peculiarities and have their own
identifying characteristics. There is one matter that is in the back of
my mind though… If the process of assimilation and acculturation can merge two
distinct cultures (through marriages, integration, etc.) and spawn or mutate
into another culture, then cultures can multiply (perhaps, exponentially) in
the course of time. If my wild assumption is right, the future will bring
about a confusing situation with communities having numerous cultures and
sub-cultures and sub-sub-cultures, etc. I really don’t know if this is
possible. But what I do know is that these pockets of acculturated
sub-cultures could dilute dominant cultures and therefore change their
identifying characteristics. This may also result in the fragmentation of
communities that shared a common culture in the past. I also wonder what
sort of catalyst or change will be necessary to re-integrate or revert all
these fragmented sub-cultures back into one dominant mainstream culture again.
Just my little thoughts…
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