Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Define the concept of culture
  • Explain how Enlightenment views shaped the concepts of culture and identity
  • Explain how social forces divide people into various groupings and shape views of identity
  • Identify and compare the different academic fields that study culture and identity
  • Explain how globalization can be viewed as a driver for cultural integration and polarization, and homogenization and hybridization.