...classical conception. "Culture or civilisation, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,...law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits required by man as a member of society."2 "Complex whole" is the key phrase here. On this reading,...

...beliefs, and practices that constitute the way of life of a specific group. For Tylor, this complex includes "knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society."8 Eagleton reminds us that this sense of the concept is traceable to...

...attention to the cultural nuances associated with ethical research and practice. Culture is "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society."47 It may determine the success or failure of the best laid...

...[New York: Orbis Books, 1988], 4) defines culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge of belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." See the first two chapters of Shorter's book for an exposition of the...

...collection rare. By the end of the 19th century, Tylor provided a broad definition of culture: "... the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and many other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society" (1871, p. 1). Tylor (1889)...

...and tribe. One author gives this insight regarding the concept of culture: "Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,...custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society"30 As such, culture is linked to our identity as individuals or as a...

...behaviour and social interaction, cf. Tylor's (1871: 1) often-quoted definition of culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,...custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society". This classic anthropological notion of culture has been criticised,...

...example, in 1871 Edward B. Tylor, in his classic book Primitive Culture, defined culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,...custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society"2 In The Tree of Culture, Ralph Linton almost a century later defined...

...the one hand, like his contemporaries, Boas viewed culture as a multidimensional whole that included knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired through membership in society. On the other hand, instead of accepting the social evolution framework...