first lesson for understand, culture, society and politics

2. Identity
 Is the distinctive characteristics that defies an
individual or is shared by those belonging to a
particular group.
 It can also be influenced by other factors such as
sexual orientation and gender.
 It can also change over the course of a person’s life.

3.  Identities are important because they shape both
individual and group behavior as well as people’s views
about other people and society.
 Learning about one’s self, culture and society entails
knowledge about various identities and how these
shape people’s views and behavior.
 Reflecting on this enables a person to appreciate what
makes him or her similar to and different from other
people.

4.  It also helps a person to understand that identities are
relational and contextual, thereby avoiding the
common pitfall of having misguided notions or
prejudices of other people that are solely based on one
subjective views.
 A holistic knowledge and understanding of the
characteristics and overall identities of one’s self, of
other people, and of different groups in society can
lead to a better world.
 One concrete way of achieving this is through constant
dialogue and interaction with each other.

5. Culture
 Which is loosely defined as a society’s way of life.
 It allows people to understand themselves in relation
to others and provides them a lens through which they
base what is considered the “right way” of doing
things.

6. Society
 Refers to a group of people living in a community.
 According to MacIver and Page, It is a web of social
relationship, which is always changing.

7. Aspects Associated with Culture
 Material – Food, clothes, etc
 Non Material – Behavior, ethics, laws

8. Society
 Refers to a group of people living in a community.
 According to Maciver and Page, it is a web of social
relationship, which was always changing.

9. Social, Cultural and Political
Change
 The concept of identity is related to social, cultural,
and political change.
 People’s individual and collective identities have
oftentimes transformed social order and paved the way
for lasting change.
 Rapidly advancing technology also has profound
implications for sociocultural and political change.
 International migration also has challenged Filipino
identities and beliefs.

10. Anthoology, Sociology, and
Political Science
 Social Sciences
 Are comprised of a wide array of academic disciplines
that study the overall functions of society as well as the
interactions among individual members and
institutions.
 Discipline of Social Sciences
 Anthropology
 Sociology
 Political Sciences

11. Anthropology
 A systematic study of the biological, cultural and social
aspects of man.
 It is derived form two Greek words “anthropos” means
“man” and “logos” means “study”.
 It is a significant branch of knowledge because it
integrates elements from the biological sciences and
humanities to fully comprehend the complex human
species.

12. Renowned Anthopologist
Edward Burnett Tylor Franz Boas

13. Bronislaw Maliwonski Margaret Mead

14. Fields of Study
 Social Anthropology – studies how pattern and
practices and cultural variations develop across
societies.
 Cultural Anthropology – Studies how cultural
variation across different societies and examines the
need to understand culture in it own context.
 Linguistic Anthropology – studies language and
discourse and how they reflect and shape different
aspects of human society and culture.

15.  Biological or physical Anthropology – studies the
origins of humans as well as the interplay between
social factors and the processes of human evolution,
adaptation, and variation over time.

16. Sociology
 The study of human social life , groups, and society
 It attempts to provide a deeper assessment of
individual and group behaviour as well as social
phenomena by examining the interplay between
economic, political, and social factors.

17. Prominent Sociologist
August Comte

18. Karl Marx Emile Durkheim

19. Political Science
 The systematic study of politics, which Andrew
Heywood describes as “the activity through which
people make, preserve, and amend the general rule
under which they live.

20.  Public Administration – examine how the government
functions and how decisions and policies are made.
 Political Economy – evaluates the interplay between
economics, politics, and law and it implications to the
various institutions within society.
 Comparative politics – compares domestic politics and
governance system across sovereign states.

21. Great Philosophers
Aristotle Niccolo Michiavelli