Who among the following introduced the distinction of cultures into ideational and sensate categorie...........

Sociology Preliminary Sciology of Culture

Who among the following introduced the distinction of cultures into ideational and sensate categories?(2005)

P.A. Sorokin

Sigmund Freud

A.L. Kroeber

O. Spengler

- Option 1: P.A. Sorokin

- Correct Answer: Yes, Sorokin introduced the distinction between ideational and sensate culture.

- Ideational culture revolves around spiritual and abstract ideas.

- Sensate culture is focused on tangible, materialistic aspects and sensory experience.

- Sorokin's work examines how societies oscillate between these cultural forms.

- Option 2: Sigmund Freud

- He focused on psychoanalysis and the human mind.

- His theories explored unconscious drives and the influence of childhood on behavior.

- Option 3: A.L. Kroeber

- Kroeber was an anthropologist who studied cultural patterns and human civilization.

- He did not specifically categorize cultures into ideational and sensate forms.

- Option 4: O. Spengler

- Known for his work "Decline of the West."

- He analyzed the cyclical nature of civilizations but did not use the ideational and sensate categorization.

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