“In discussing socialization, I shall be relying on a general notion of culture through which human beings objectify themselves, come together, and relate to one another in history and materialize their ideas, intentions, and solutions, in the sense of making them more concrete. By concrete I also mean to imply that there are forms people create and use to make their ideas, intentions, and solutions take root in a visible, audible, and generally perceptible manner so that they become an actual part of people’s daily lives. Thus, culture is viewed as an historical process of human objectification, and the level and quality of a national culture depends on the socialization developed by human beings to integrate young members into the society and to reinforce the norms and values which legitimize the socio-political systems and which guarantee some sort of continuity in society.”
Jack Zipes - Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion
