UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND

POLITICS
UNIT 1: Studying Culture, Society, and Politics
Chapter 1: Introduction to Culture Society, and Politics
 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO
CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND
POLITICS
At the end of this chapter, the students will be able to:
1. Define the concept of identity and relate it to society and culture;
2. Define the social science and describe its various field of study;
3, Describe how social backgrounds shape views about society and the world;
4. Analyze social, political, and cultural change, and give examples for each;
5. Relates their observations on social differences, social change and
identities, and discuss their interrelatedness
 IDENTITY
Refers to distinctive
characteristics that define an
individual or are shared by those
belonging to a particular group.
 IDENTITY

Examples:
Gender Orientation
Religious Believes
Nationality
 IDENTITY

Can also change over

the course of a
person’s lifetime.
 IDENTITY
Examples:
Son or Daughter – Father or Mother
Student - Professional
 IDENTITY
Reflecting enables a person to
appreciates what makes him
or her similar to and different
from other people.
 IDENTITY
Examples:
Food taboos among Muslims
“Istambay”
 CULTURE
Commonly defined as a society’s
way of life, provides the basis for
forging identities. Considered the
“Right Way” of doing things base
on their practice.
 SOCIETY
• Refers to a group of people living in the
same community.
• “It is a web of social relationship,
which is always changing.” – Maclver
& Page
 SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND
POLITICAL CHANGE

Examples:
Equalities of Rights for Male and
Female
Rapid-advancing Technology
 SOCIAL CHANGE

Examples:
Equalities of Rights for Male and
Female
Rapid-advancing Technology
 CULTURAL CHANGE

Examples:
Migration
“Pasalubong”
 POLITICAL CHANGE

Examples:
Equalities of Rights for Male and
Female
Elections
 SOCIAL SCIENCE

• Discipline which identify, culture,

society, and politics.
• Wide array of academic discipline that
study the overall functions of society as
well as interactions among it’s
individual members and institutions.
 ANTHROPOLOGY

• Systematic study of the biological,

cultural, and social aspects of man.
• Derives from the Greek words, anthropos,
which means “man,” and logos, which
means “study” or “inquiry”.
 TYPES OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
• CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
• LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
• BIOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
• ARCHEOLOGY
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

• Studies social patterns and

practices and cultural variations
develops across different
societies.
 CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY

• Studies cultural variation across

different society and examines the
need to understand each culture in
it’s own context.
 LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

• Studies language and discourse

and how they reflect and shape
different aspects of human
society and culture.
 BIOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY

• Studies origin of Humans as well as

interplay between social factors.
 ARCHEOLOGY
• Deals with prehistoric societies by
studying their tools and environment.
 SOCIOLOGY

• “The study of human social life, groups,

and society” – Anthony Giddens
• Provide deeper assessment of individual
and group behavior, as well as social
phenomena, by examining the interplay
between economics, political, and social
factors.
 POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Systematic study of politics.

• “the activity through which people make,
preserve, and amend the general rules under
which they live.” – Andrew Heywood.
• Focus on the fundamental values of equality,
freedom, and justice as well as the dynamics
of conflict, resolution, and cooperation.
 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political Science is further divided into various areas:

• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• POLITICAL ECONOMY
• COMPARATIVE POLITICS
ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS

Be ready for assessment about

this lesson.
Have Nice Day Ahead! 