Cultural Change and Identity – The Case of Equatorial Africa

• Authors: Mariola Flis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article attempts to shed light on the issue of cultural change in Equatorial Africa. The model proposed is a movement along an Evolution → Diffusion → Evolution path. Social evolution as well as diffusionism comprises a cognitive consequence of cultural differentiation. Divergence in the levels of cultural socialization remains in direct proportion to the degree of the internal dynamics of a specific socio-cultural system. The domination of culture and the natural environment over the sphere of group interests elucidates the lack of endogenous modification and transformation. In this context education play a very significant role as a factor in changes in identity strategies.

Keywords

EN

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL SOCIALIZATION; IDENTITY; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONALISM; AFRICA; EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 26
• Pages: 47-58

Contributors

author

Mariola Flis

• Jagiellonian University