What are the categories of culture?

It can be divided into three categories, namely, material culture, institutional culture and psychological culture, in which material culture refers to the material civilization created by human beings, including means of transportation, clothing, daily necessities, etc., which is a visible and explicit culture; institutional culture and psychological culture refer to the system of life, the family system, the social system, as well as the way of thinking, religious beliefs, and aesthetic interests, which belong to invisible and hidden culture, including literature, philosophy, politics and other aspects, the two together are philosophical thought. Institutional culture and psychological culture refer to the system of life, the family system, the social system, and the way of thinking, religious beliefs, and aesthetic tastes, which are invisible hidden culture, including literature, philosophy, and politics, which together are philosophical thought.

Culture is the sum of all the social phenomena of the Wisdom Cluster and the inner spirit of the Cluster, which includes the history of the Wisdom Cluster from the past to the future, and all the activities of the Cluster on the basis of nature, and is the whole of all the material appearances of the Cluster and the inner spirit of the Cluster.

Other Common Classification Methods

Because of the diversity and complexity of culture, it is difficult to have an accurate and clear standard for culture, therefore, the classification of culture is and is more.

1, the classification of culture into physical culture, institutional culture, behavioral culture, mentality culture

Physical culture layer is the sum of human material production activities and products, is palpable and concrete things, such as clothing, food, housing and transportation; institutional culture layer is the social practice of human beings in the establishment of norms to regulate their own behavior and regulate the relationship between the norms; behavioral culture layer is the Interpersonal interactions in the convention to rituals, folklore, habits and customs, it is a social, collective behavior; mentality culture is the people's social psychology and social ideology, including people's values, aesthetic interests, ways of thinking, and the resulting literary and artistic works, which is the core of the culture, but also the essence of the cultural part.

2. Categorizing culture into high culture, popular culture and deep culture

High culture, including philosophy, literature, art, religion, etc.; popular culture, referring to customs, rituals, and lifestyles including clothing, food, housing, transportation, and all aspects of interpersonal relationships; and deep culture, which mainly refers to the definition of the beauty and ugliness of values, the orientation of time, the tempo of life, the way of solving problems, and the relationship with gender, class, occupation, and kinship. Both high culture and popular culture are rooted in deep culture, and a concept of deep culture is reflected in popular culture as a custom or way of life, and in high culture as an art form or literary theme.

References

Culture. Baidu Encyclopedia[cited 2017-12-24]