Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics PDF

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE SOCIETY AND POLITICS The concept of identity is related to...

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE SOCIETY AND POLITICS The concept of identity is related to social, cultural and political change. IDENTITY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY Identities of individuals are altered through landmark rules and IDENTITY - is the distinctive characteristic decisions made by their that serves as the totality of an individual governments and institutions. A and is shaped by one’s belonging to a good example of this is the approval group. of women’s suffrage wherein women One’s identity can change over the saw themselves with more value and course of a person’s lifetime, potential as it gave them a chance to especially when an individual showcase their talent outside the transitions from one phase of life to household. another (e.g, graduate to The rapid advancement of professional, teenager to adult, technological progress also has Catholic to INC) strong implications for socio-political Identities are important because change. Due to the quick they have the ability to shape one’s dissemination of information, perspective and behavior. This also people’s interests tend to be allows and enables people to influenced by external factors in appreciate one’s differences and order to remain in “trend”. uniqueness amongst others and Another phenomena that shapes empowers compassion amongst interests is international migration, those who have difficulties in which leads to intermingling of productivity. culture and identity of a person, (e.g Filipino-Americans). This also affects CULTURE - in general, defines the way of their outward image and perception. life of a particular society and provide Due to this influx, they also get to people to determine what is normal and influence the countries they are distinguish amongst themselves what is living at as well. wrong and what is right. This leads to the foundations of material and non-material aspects of ANTHROPOLOGY - is the systematic study culture that specifically forms of the biological, cultural aspects of man. It subcultures which all people within was coined from the Greek words that group are complied to follow “anthropos”, meaning “man” and “logos” these norms. meaning “study/inquiry”. Types of materials aspects of culture It is a significant branch of are: clothes, music and food, types knowledge as it integrates elements of non-material aspects of culture from biology and humanities to are ethics, decorum and morality. better understand the complexity of human mindsets, especially patterns  of behavior and norms. This leads modern thinkers such as Niccolo anthropology to have distinct Machiavelli, Jean-Jacques subfields Rousseau, John Locke and Karl Social anthropology - focuses on Marx are used for lectures in this social patterns and practices and its field due to their impact in political development towards societies decision-making and people Cultural anthropology - studies empowerment. cultural variation across different There are different fields in political societies and examines the need to science, by which different understand culture in a local level. specializations are put into focus. Linguistic anthropology - studies Public administration examines language and how they reflect the how the government functions and culture of human society how decisions and policies are Biological anthropology - studies made. the origin of humans as it interplays Political economy evaluates the with the changing eras and culture of interplay between economics, the world. politics and law and its implications Archeology - deals with the to the various institutions within prehistoric societies and how they society. interacted with their environment. POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY - It is a field of social science Comparative politics pits different that provides a deeper assessment of political governance systems across individual and group behavior as well as different sovereign states. Political social phenomena. By incorporating other theory analyzes the concepts, academic disciplines, sociologists examine theories and doctrines related to and present new perspectives on the politics such as power, law and different elements and aspects of society justice. Geopolitics examines such as culture, gender, race and ethnicity, relations amongst states and social movements, class and other forms of international organizations. social stratification. It mainly seeks to In general, despite a separate focus explain the bases of social order and social on a particular subject and adheres change. to specific perspectives, their views often overlap and complement one another. With this, the exchange of POLITICAL SCIENCE ideas among the three disciplines This is the systematic study of are instrumental in deepening the politics and focuses on the discussion of culture, society and fundamental values of equality, politics which will lead toward a freedom, and justice and its better understanding of the world processes are linked to the around us. dynamics of conflict, resolution and cooperation. Certain philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle and even