Yaksh ChaudharyAIR 6 · CSE 2021 · 153 wordsTheir whole copy
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OGBURN in his book "social change with respect to culture and original Nature" provided a critic to economic determinism.
He advocated that values, Culture etc. of a society does not change directly and quickly after change in material world. But there is a gap between both phenomenon. It is called cultural lag. for example - advent of more efficient automobiles did not led to creation of infrastructure for them because of cultural lag. Advent of tractors in India and usage of tractors in pilgrimages shows the cultural lag.
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t of tractors in India and usage of tractors in pilgrimages shows the cultural lag.
criticisms of cultural lag
McIver & Page : cultural lag concept is vague. It does not explain which aspects of culture do not change. "Technological gap" is more relevant today than cultural lag.
sometimes change in culture preades material change. for example - quest for improving living conditions led to industrialisation and capitalism.
Reasons of cultural lag are not explained by Ogburn.
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