ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON CULTURE AND SOICETY.pptx

The document defines culture and society from anthropological and sociological perspectives. It discusses that a society is a group of people who share a common territory and culture, while culture encompasses the beliefs, practices, values, and knowledge that people learn and share as members of a society

1. UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

2. Difference between Culture and Society Culture - connection of behavior patterns and perceptions Societies - formed through interacting organisms within the group - not limited to humans but can be recognized to all organisms possessing skills in interacting like schools of fish, flocks of birds, hive of bees.

3. Perspective of Culture Matthew Arnold (1867 )- Culture is a product of a special intellectual or artistic endeavor humans had invented. Kroeber & Kluckhohn (1952)- composed of behavior group that includes their distinctive achievements and embodiment in artifacts , traditional and historical ideas and formation of values.

4. Schwarts (1992) - culture consist of experiences that are organized, learned or created by individuals of a population. - includes images adding up their unique interpretations transmitted from the past generations up to the future.

5. Material Culture Non-Material Culture Food Ideas and Knowledge Clothing and Fashion Belief and Traditions Buildings and Properties Symbols and Language Arts and Technology Behavior Religion

6. Theoretical Perspective on Society Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)- described emerging societies as societies of survival and primarily based on the concept of natural law Karl Marx (1818-1883)- societies develop through class conflicts - there is always struggle between workers and capitalist

7. Emile Durkheim (1858-19170 0 – Society is composed of harmonious elements such as individuals, organizations and social institutions -Perform roles to function effectively 4. George Herbert Mead (1863-1931)- conceptualized the concept of “ symbolic interactionism” - primary centers in their communication both language and symbol

8. Erving Goffman (1958) – used dramaturgical analysis - He used theater as an analogy for social interaction Charles Horton-Cooley (1902) - Society and individual are not separated - theorized the concept of the “looking glass self” (emphasized how we change our identity or personality based on how others see us.

9. Morris Ginsberg (1921)- Society is a group of individuals bonded by specific