Different Dimensions

of Society
Ecology, Governance, Cultural,
Social, Human, Economic, and
Spiritual

WHAT IS SOCIETY?
A human society is a group of

people involved in persistent

interpersonal relationships, or a
large social grouping sharing
the same geographical or social
territory, typically subject to the
same political authority and
dominant cultural expectations.

Ecology

is the study of environmental

systems, or as it is sometimes
called, the economy of nature.
"Environmental" usually means
relating to the natural, versus
human-made world; the
"systems" means that ecology is,
by its very nature, not interested
in just the components of nature
individually but especially in how
the parts interact.

Governance
refers to "all processes of governing,

whether undertaken by a
government, market or network,
whether over a family, tribe, formal or
informal organization or territory and
whether through laws, norms, power
or language.
It relates to "the processes of
interaction and decision-making
among the actors involved in a
collective problem that lead to the
creation, reinforcement, or

Cultural
Culture- "that complex

whole which includes

knowledge, belief, art,
morals, law, custom and
any other capabilities and
habits acquired by man as
a member of society."

Social

The term social refers to a

characteristic of living organisms

as applied to populations of
humans and other animals.
interaction of organisms with
other organisms and to their
collective co-existence,
irrespective of whether they are
aware of it or not, and
irrespective of whether the
interaction is voluntary or

Human
of, pertaining to, characteristic

of, or having the nature of

people
of or relating to the social
aspect of people
may refer to good and bad
traits of a person alike ( human
kindness; human weakness)

Economic
is the social science that

seeks to describe the

factors which determine
the production, distribution
and consumption of goods
and services.

Spiritual
refers to forces and

phenomena which are beyond

ordinary scientific
understanding
a concern with matters of the
spirit
What is Spirit? refer to any
incorporeal or immaterial
being, such as demons or