Cultural definitions remain incomplete working models that enable imagining

Evidence

Definition of the internaI relationship is never-ending, in other words unrecognizable in turn, because the components of a culture, even when located, cannot be reduced to the indivisibility of prime elements. But such a definition is a working model. It allows us to imagine. — Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, 849

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Culture resists a single agreed definition despite many competing usages — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1171; Culture as constitutive of practice retains contingency and is never finally determined; Culture operates as signifying practice rather than a fixed way of life — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 399 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Culture resists a single agreed definition despite many competing usages #qualifies (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1171
• Culture as constitutive of practice retains contingency and is never finally determined #corroborates (0.82)
• Culture operates as signifying practice rather than a fixed way of life #corroborates (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 399