Language, Culture, Individual and Society (Basic Concepts and Their Relationships)

Abstract

"To avoid misunderstandings in describing science and scholarly enterprise as a social activity (that is realized by using human language) everyone should first define concepts he/she will use and the goal of his/her cognitive efforts. Thus, in my present discussion emphasis will be put on the relationships between language and culture (also an individual and society) and their role in the constitution of human social orders. However, according to the above, I will have to introduce some definitional distinctions. Some basic epistemological positions and different theories of culture will be discussed briefly to present specificity of different important theoretical orientations of contemporary cultural anthropology. Every orientation implies a specific conceptual approach to the human language."