Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

• The presentation explores Culture, Society, and Politics.
• An icebreaker activity, "Stand Up, Sit Down," was used.
• Participants were asked to decode a sentence using symbols.
• The key objective is to make society better.
• The presentation includes lesson objectives for tracing kinship ties, describing social life, and learning about authority types.
• Social Organization is defined as the system of relationships between people and groups within society with regard to activity division and functional obligations.
• The family is considered an important universal social institution, the basic unit of social organization, and vital to human society.
• Different family types were examined: Nuclear, Extended, and Reconstituted.
• Kinship is a system of social organization based on recognized family ties.
• Types of Kinship include: Matrilineal, Patrilineal, and Bilineal.
• Three types of Kinship exist: Consanguineous (blood), Affinal (marriage), and Ritual.
• Kinship greatly impacts current societies, influencing politics and economies. Political dynasties are a clear example.
• A dynasty is a succession of rulers from the same family.
• Political organizations follow guidelines to ensure smooth political processes.
• Authority is the right to issue commands, enforce them with coercive power. Legitimacy stems from the right to issue commands with respect.
• Weber's Theory of Authority classifies authority into three types: Traditional, Charismatic, and Legal-Rational.
• Traditional authority is legitimated by traditions or customs.
• Charismatic authority is legitimate because of the leader's mission and vision, inspiring others.
• Legal-Rational authority is legitimate because of legal rationality, derived from the law.
• An activity was included for application of the concept.
• The presentation closes with a thank you.

Review Questions

• Questions were asked about family structure and influential members, emphasizing the reasons.
• The presentation asked to describe family relationships and how they contributed to personal growth and community example.
• Questions were asked to identify an important role in the family and how it contributed to the community.
• A section noted issues, concerns, and views on how these affect the community, personal perspectives, and methods to resolve them, requiring a written response on yellow paper.
• Questions on marital issues (divorce in the Philippines), leadership/administration issues (political dynasties), and authority/power issues (police abuse) were provided.