8. Culture and Unconcious

How did E.B. Tyler define culture?

"That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and many other capabilities and habits aquired by man as a member of societies." (pg. 23, 50 ways to Understand Communication)

What changes would you make to this definition? How do you define culture?

I probably wouldn't use the same wording the idea is the same. I suppose I define culture as the "customs and habits of a specific group of people". The customs and habits would by default include the knowledge, belief, morals, laws and arts.

If the unconcious imposes form on content, how do we know this?

Years of study and research have proved certain theories about this to be true. While we cannot simply identify everything, scientists and theorists have probed too many and sought out answers.

Why does Levi-Sauss argue that the forms imposed by the mind are universal?

Levi-Sauss argues this because he believes that we impose upon contact which can be found for everyone.

How can these forms be the same for all minds, ancient and modern, primitive and civilized?

They supposedly are because there are relations between the human conciousness of all systems.

How can collective phenomena be unconcious? What aspects of life are covered by this notion?

It can be compared to language, where the linguistic grammers are unconciously known until the science of the language is discovered by the person. The collective phenomena can be covered by many though, including moral, politics, attitudes, religion, and even social aspects.