Sociology / Unit 1 Soc 0003 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Society
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The idea
A society is a group of people who live in a defined area, interact with one another, and share a common culture.
In practice
A remote mining town of four hundred is a society; four hundred strangers in an airport terminal are not.
Where people slip
Shared space alone makes a crowd, not a society — interaction and culture are required.
Your place on the trail
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