Culture operates as tools and values at once, not one before the other.

Evidence

I am saying that neither values'' nor action” come ¢rst. Rather, as anthropologist John Gumperz argues in Contextualization and understanding,'' Berkeley Cognitive Science Report: Institute of Cognitive Studies 59 (1989): the processes through which cultural and other types of background knowledge are brought into the interpretive processes” work simultaneously as tools and values, processes and products. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 182

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the book’s core move beyond the values-vs-action causality debate.
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 182
• XREF: connects to: Culture operates as signifying practice rather than a fixed way of life — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 399; The subject is produced by culture, not given before it. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 1193; Culture is a process of creating and transforming reality, not an environment. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 323 (+1 more)

Related

• Culture operates as signifying practice rather than a fixed way of life (similarity 0.81)
• Culture is a process of creating and transforming reality, not an environment. (similarity 0.79)
• Culture functions as a precaution against thought’s chaotic journey (similarity 0.79)
• Culture is accumulated productive force transmitted through language and labor (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Culture operates as signifying practice rather than a fixed way of life #corroborates (0.85) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 399
• Culture is a process of creating and transforming reality, not an environment. #corroborates (0.82) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 323
• The subject is produced by culture, not given before it. #expands (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1193
• Culture operates as a constitutive force in politics and social change #corroborates (0.78) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 159