why is is important to know about cultures and societies?
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The more you learn about everything, the more you can see ways that relate to your own life and your own choices.  \n\nFor example, if you know about other cultures and societies, you will know why some people from that culture act the way they do and you will be able to treat them appropriately.  If you become a worker or manager, you will understand why they behave differently from their colleagues.  \n\nIt's also helpful when traveling.  That way you don't do stupid things when you are making your way in THEIR country or culture.\n\nThe more you know, the better.
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Although I think it is very important to be informed on a variety of topics, I am a firm believer that ignorance is bliss... Fill your mind with good and useful things, and things that interest you... but everything could get a little overwhelming, don't you think!
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You will have to find the answer for each culture separately.  Would be easier if you specified which cultures you are interested in.
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Mentifacts are the ideas, values and beliefs of a culture. Religion has shaped culture more than any other trait in the history of the world. The ancient Aztecs sacrificed hundreds of thousands of people for their religion. Sunday is considered a day of rest in most Christian cultures. Language is also an important mentifact. Languages adapt to suit a particular culture. Eskimos lives are dominated by living primarily in the snow and ice. Their language has over fifty words to describe different types of snow. We would be at a loss to describe all of the types of snow in the English language since snow isn't an important part of our culture.
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the UN defines culture as el gathering of caracteristics such as spiritual, materal, intelectual and social belownigs of a group, so the importance of the cultural heritage is to give to the next generation a bit of what we are and what are ancester were, remember the one who forgot history only manage to repeat it.
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Knowing other cultures generally isn't enough.  You need to understand what you know.  This takes the background knowledge of why some particular saying or act has come to be.  You also need to make an analogy to something you know.  No one ever truly understands someone else's culture.  You have to grow up in it to truly understand.  The best you can hope for is acceptance of why something exists and learn when to use or not use the knowledge.\n\nI'm dealing with the Indian culture right now, and I am an American.  It is taking a lot of time to understand how they understand respect.  American are taught to look up, stand straight, and look into the eyes of the superior/elder.  Indians are taught to bow a little and just listen and not speak.  It gets tough sometimes, but knowledge will eventually lead to a limited understanding.  Accepting that it exists is easy.  Remembering that someone is different is hard.
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Civilization" can also describe the culture of a complex society, not just the society itself. Every society, civilization or not, has a specific set of ideas and customs, and a certain set of items and arts, that make it unique. Civilizations have even more intricate cultures, including literature, professional art, architecture, organized religion, and complex customs associated with the elite. Civilization is such in nature that it seeks to spread, to have more, to expand, and it has the means by which to do this.a classic example being Chinese (Asia)civilization and its influence on Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and so forth). Many civilizations are actually large cultural spheres containing many nations and regions. The civilization in which someone lives is that person's broadest cultural identity.
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what do you mean, "role of culture"?
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It is very important - with so many different\nimmigrants from all over the world.\nIf we know how they life we might understand\ntheir culture better and we do not need to criticize\nthey way of live. Everybody will get along better.
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Good literature can teach you about yourself or other people. It can also help you to see things in a different way.
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The importance of respect is to keep peace and standing, and to make sure that there is distinction between people. It's also to make sure the human race doesn't drive itself to extinction.
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I am not Jewish, but I would say that their culture puts a great deal of emphasis on learning, education and scholarly pursuits. The Torah (first five biblical books) means law or teaching. So law and teaching are highly valued and an essential part of their heritage.
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Try asking this same question in the education department, not society and culture. Good Luck!
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It doesn't.  It is important to study the past so we can learn from the collective experience of the human race.  That way we can avoid repeating mistakes, and try to repeat sucessful choices.
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Social sciences includes psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc. These areas tend to have a scientific aspect to them. Humanities includes languages, philosophy, the arts, the classics and religion.  History can be included in this area.  The Humanities tend to be more qualitative than the social sciences.
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Sociology? it is a social science, i believe. it studies all things to do with different cultures,different levels of importance among the cultures,social norms, and 'isms' like sexism, racism etc. i can't remember a lot about it,but it is one of those thought provoking subjects when you really study it. is that what you were asking?
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History is systematically collected information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies. Knowledge of history is often said to encompass both knowledge of past events and historical thinking skills.\n\nTraditionally, the study of history has been considered a part of the humanities. However, in modern academia, history is increasingly classified as a social science, especially when chronology is the focus.\n\nLiterature is literally "acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning "an individual written character (letter)"). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction, drama and poetry. In much, if not all of the world, texts can be oral as well, and include such genres as epic, legend, myth, ballad, other forms of oral poetry, and the folktale.