Simply stated a civilization is the most advanced and progressed form of society. Civilizations are built when people come together from different towns, areas, communities and form one big group. Within the giant group are small subgroups of people, places and things that when all combined make a "productive" society. Even though society may not seem productive all the time in order to have a successful civilization the people within it need to be able to work and produce together, communicate, be able to get along and live by the rules or laws created by the group. When this happens it makes a working and growing civilization possible.
Good points here, Max. You get at one of the key areas here, which is some sort of "division of labor," which you allude to in your reference to "subgroups." The idea of "productive" is also interesting--the means of production are what help a larger group survive and expand, right?
ReplyDeleteExactly, I quoted productive just because sometimes it doesn't seem like society is always productive. When I think of the word productive I think of positive things and in this case society growing in a good way. Sometimes it seems our society is stagnant or changing in a negative way.
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