Cultural framework (culture model[1]) is aterm used insocial science to explaintraditions,value systems,myths andsymbols that are common in a givensociety. A given society may have multiple cultural frameworks (for example,United States society has different cultural frameworks for itswhite American andAfrican American populations). Usually cultural frameworks are mixed as certain individuals or entire groups can be familiar with any number of cultural frameworks.
There is an important relation between cultural frameworks andideologies: Most successful ideologies are closely connected to cultural frameworks of societies they spread in. Cultural framework theory should not, however, be confused with ideology, a separateconcept.Nazism, for example, was an ideology inNazi Germany at the time, while religious beliefs, patriotism, and traditions dating back toGermanic andFrankish tribes were part of the German culture framework.
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