Culture and Social Representations as Cross-cutting Factors in Social Dynamics

Abstract

Through different tendencies exposed mainly by Zigmund Bauman (2002) it is necessary to determine what is the role of culture in the social order. For this purpose it is necessary in the first place to develop a definition of the concept, since culture is understood as a polysemic concept. The social dynamics that are defined through the cultural logics of social transformation are the configuring element through which the concept of culture is developed. Through a conceptual delimitation and the theoretical exposition of different authors it is possible to define the concept of culture. Subsequently, the different roles of the notion of culture according to Bauman are determined. Finally, and as a conclusion, the internalization of the culture is exposed from the social representations that are defined according to the specific case of the migrants.