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DISS Chapter 2
DISS Chapter 2
DISS Chapter 2
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Chapter 2
SELFIES
Today, selfies are a common phenomenon among us,
especially the youth. Selfies are generally portraits of
and about oneself, aided by information and
communication technology which enables the
photographer to easily take, record, and document
aspects of his or her social life and instantly show it to
the ‘’world’’ via the internet and social media.
How do we see social reality? How
should we see it? How do we intend
to change or reform it?
Theories are our explanatory models where we
could analyze, examine and interpret what we
see and experience about life society, and
humanity. Theories must not be taken as pills to
be swallowed entirely without question, without
examination.
Classical Frameworks:
Evolution and Function
Human Body
Evolution
and Karl Marx He got great inspiration from Wilhelm Hegel the concept of
‘’dialectics’’, which refers to the process of movement and
change in human society
How Marx viewed ‘’modern’’ society from the perspective
of economy—the material conditions of the people—lies in
the core of his social theory. Work or task is highly
differentiated and segmented as well as the statuses of
people within the factory. Thus, the ensuing social relations
are largely shaped by economic situation characterized by
capitalism.
The Communist
Manifesto
Karl Marx
Classes or categories of people are markedly defined
according to where they stand in the productive process.
Marx called the owner as the capitalists; and the workers,
the proletariat. Anyone who controls the capital (raw
materials and the means of production) becomes the
ruling class.
To elucidate, society consists of two parts: first, the
‘’base’’, which is the economy, second the
‘’superstructure’’ which consists of social structures such
as religion, family, government, culture, values and etc.
that rest on top of the economic base. Marx surmised
that humans underwent a unilineal historical process
based on economic or materialistic framework. This is
known as social theory as ‘’historical materialism’’.
According to Marx, there has always been a conflict
between classes.
The problem with these systems, with these structures,
according to Marx, is that they are human beings’ own
creation. All these are products of their thoughts and
actions. Unfortunately, what people have created seemed to
develop an ‘’objective’’ existence, meaning they appear to
be natural and real, having a life of its own. If this is all about
economics, then, workers could seize control of their forces
of production and reverse the system.
Classical Psychoanalysis and
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud, the influential German
psychologist, provided a revolutionary way of
understanding human personality , but also
how society and our psychology. Freud’s theory
of human personality revealed aanother facet
of which des not only remain up there above
our heads but resides even in the necessitated
minds, of our consciousness.
According to Sigmund Freud, the self consists of three parts;