Differentiate between.Material Culture and Non-Material Culture. – InterviewSolution

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Differentiate between.Material Culture and Non-Material Culture.

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Material Culture	Non-Material Culture
(i) Material culture refers to the physical objects which are man-made.	(i) Non-material culture refers to non¬physical ideas created by human beings.
(ii) Material culture is concrete and tangible in nature.	(ii) Non-material culture is abstract and intangible in nature.
(iii) It consists of manufactured objects like clothing, roads, jewellery, computers, airplanes etc.	(iii) It consists of norms, regulations, values, signs, symbols, knowledge, beliefs, etc.
(iv) The material aspect of culture changes very fast.	(iv) Change in nonmaterial culture is difficult and not readily accepted by society.

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