sapphi_snake said:
A culture isn't a person's views. A culture is a group of people's views (though the term 'view' is quite inappropriate, as culture is much more than that). Counter-culture, like any form of culture, is a group phenomenon. Civil rights movements had marginal groups protesting against their status,and demanding that they not be excluded. What one individual does is not a counter culture movement. And it's funny that you mentioned Sociology. Culture falls more in the realm of Anthropology, but what both Sociology and Anthropology have in common (well, they have several things in common, but I'm going to single out this one) is that they study groups, not individuals. Psychology generally works with people on an individual level, but Sociology works with groups. And culture is a group phenomenon. This man in the article (if this story is true), was not part of any counter-culture movement. He was just crazy man who took his son and forced him to live in a forest for 5 years. He'd make an interesting case study for Psychologists. |
Except you know... counter culture groups often begin with one person... and aside from that he's far from being the first isolationist.
Also... no... culture isn't more in the realm of anthropology.
Cultural Sociology Is the largest section of the American Sociological Assosiation... and most of the sections that aren't Cultural Sociology are in fact dealing with Culture... outside of like Demography maybe.
I know this because I was like 3 classes away from a Sociology degree, my Girlfriend has a sociology degree, a sociology masters degree and is about to take a comprehensive exam on Cultural Sociology.
Anthropology is like the equilvent of Demography... where your mostly just getting statistics about.
Well.... unless your taking part in Social Anthropology. Which is basically less scientifically sound sociology.
Aside from which, an Anthropologist would likely disagree with you even more then a Sociologist.