Cultures, Subcultures, and Countercultures: Crash Course Sociology

The video explores the concept of culture, highlighting its components like norms, symbols, and languages. It distinguishes between high and low culture, examines mainstream culture and subcultures, and discusses ethnocentrism and multiculturalism. The video also delves into counter-culture, particularly the 1960s, and how cultures change through inventions, discoveries, and diffusion. It concludes by considering the perspectives of structural functionalism and conflict theory on culture.

What role does ethnocentrism play in cultural judgment?

In what ways can counter-cultures act as catalysts for change?

How does cultural diffusion contribute to cultural change?