European Culture

Many people today think of culture in the way that it was thought of in Europe during the 18th and early 19th centuries. This [blank] of culture reflected inequalities within European societies and their colonies around the world. This understanding of culture equates culture with civilization and contrasts both with nature or non-civilization. According to this understanding of culture, some countries are more civilised than others, and some people are more cultured than others. Anything that doesn't [blank] into this category is labelled as chaos or anarchy. From this perspective, culture is closely tied to cultivation, which is the progressive refinement of human [blank] .In practice, culture referred to elite goods and activities such as haute cuisine, high fashion or haute couture, museum-caliber art and classical music. The word cultured referred to people who knew about and took part in these activities. For example, someone who used culture in this sense might [blank] that classical music is more refined than music by working-class people, such as jazz or the indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples.