Broadening the Frame of Cultural Exploration

Abstract

Culture is a concept as well as a social reality whose complex geometry is currently considered at least under three different perspectives: 1) an intellectual, spiritual, and esthetical development, (2) a way of life associated with social practices, and (3) specific areas of activities such as arts and sciences associated to esthetics and human values. Maybe the last line of understanding is the most present in people’s minds, but all three aspects are increasingly more important for contemporary societies.