Understanding

Culture, Society,
and Politics
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TEXTBOOK
MODULE 1: Culture, Society and Politics:
The faces and perspectives of Anthropology, MODULE 2: Becoming a Member of Society
Sociology and Political Science

L1: The Social Sciences: Sociology,

L1: Enculturation And Socialization
Anthropology and Political Science

L2: Interpretative Dynamics of Society L2: Social Groups

L3: Aspects of Culture

MODULE 3: How Society is MODULE 4: How the
Organized Society is Organized

L1: Cultural, Social, and Political Institutions:

L1: Economic Institution
Kinship, Marriage and Household

L2: Political and Leadership Structures L2: Nonstate Institutions and Organization

L3: Education
Deadline:
Module 3
Module 1

Culture, Society and

Politics:
The Faces and Perspectives of
Anthropology, Sociology and
Political Science
 Cultural
reality

Social Political
reality reality

Society
“Social Sciences” /Disciplines
Formal and systematic
studies of society

Social Political
Cultural
 Changes the way we see
things in terms of color,
focus, and details.

“They change our perspectives”

What is our
Learning
Objective?
1 Identify the subjects
of inquiry and goals
of anthropology,
political science,
and sociology.
2 Adopt an open and
critical attitude toward
different social, political,
and cultural phenomena
through observation and
reflection.
3
Analyze the
dynamics of social,
political, and
cultural change.
4 Recognize the
intersections of
anthropology, sociology,
and political science
vis-á-vis the phenomenon
of change.
5 Interpret the key
assumptions of the
theoretical perspectives
regarding the
development of society.
6 Identify forms of
tangible and
intangible heritage
and the threats
facing them.
7 Propose an action
plan to protect
Philippine cultural
heritage under
threats.
Are You Ready?
Pre-Task

Who am I
 Direction:
Choose your best whole-body photo.
Analyze your photo and observe which
part of your body reflects your culture,
status and contribution in politics/
community. Explain your answer briefly.
You can use arrows to label your answer.
 List of Videos that can help you
understand more the lessons:
1. An Animated Introduction to Social Science
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIdaTSG2Gg

2. What is Culture?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSCFxDKJWwo

3. What is Society?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkerypev1U
Lesson 1

The Social Sciences:

Sociology,
Anthropology and
Political Science
Culture, society, and politics are
concepts which exist in the
realms of ideas and thoughts.
 They cannot be seen or
touched and yet they
influence the way we see and
experience our individual
and collective lives as social
beings.
 1. Categorize 2. Problematic
who is beautiful effect of the color
and who is not? of our skin

The way we:

3. The expectations 4. Which behavior
to act based on our is respectful and
gender not
Examples

Loud
Slurping
while Eating
Examples

Men Wearing
Skirts
Examples

Same Sex
Relationship/
Marriage
 We can see based on
these examples that our
“Beliefs” and “Values”
motivates our
perspectives and
behaviors.
 1st Picture

disrespectful

Very
gross
disturbing Pinoys
Did you know?
In some other Asian
countries, when you slurp
the soup loudly, it means
that you are enjoying the
food and the people see it
as a compliment that their
food taste great.
 2nd Picture

It is weird to see a
man wearing a
skirt right?
Did you know?

It is normal to wear
skirts for Swedish
people.
 3rd Picture

Shows the flag of

LGBTQ+ community
and their pride
march
 It is gradually being
accepted in our society
but still not legal for
same sex couples to be
married.
What we learn is that…

Culture is
subjective
 Disciplines in
Understanding the
Society We Belong
1 Sociology
This area of discipline focuses on the
ubiquity of social forces in unlikely forms.

sex gender religion class

race ethnicity Sexual orientation

Social forces can be interpreted
as any human created way of
doing things that influence,
pressure, or force people to
behave, interact with others, and
think in certain ways.
2 Anthropology
Described as a science seeking to
“uncover principles of behavior that apply
to all human communities”.
To an anthropologist

Diversity

provides a frame of reference or

understanding any single aspect of life in
any given community.
 Anthropology focuses on human
diversity around the world.

Anthropologists look at cross-cultural

differences in social institutions, cultural
beliefs, and communication styles.
3 Political Science
The systematic study of government
and politics.

It makes generalizations and analyses about

political systems and political behavior and
uses these results to predict future behavior.
Reading Assignment

Read pages 17-26 of

our textbook.
Lesson 2

Interpretative
Dynamics of
Society
The formation of society
and its continuous
development has been a
subject of dramatic
debates among social
scientists, sociologists in
particular.
 In understanding the society in a much
deeper and critical level, sociologists use
these theories as a microscope with
different lenses but observing different
specimen (society) to answer the question:

“What makes our society

possible?”
 The Three
Theoretical /
Sociological
Perspective
1 Structural Functionalism
by Emile Durkheim

Emile Durkheim

In his theory he compared the society into a living

organism which is composed of different parts that
work together by fulfilling a specific function
which contributes to the existence of the organism.
Emile Durkheim

Our society is a complex

society whole which is composed of
different social structures
which has specific roles called
“social function” which
contributes to the well-being
of the society.
 These social functions when not
done will cause social dysfunctions
or problems in the society.

Therefore

There has to be a social order

for the society to exist.
We cannot use this theory to
explain changes in the
society for it views even
negative things like “poverty”
as something that is needed
or beneficial to the well-
being of the society.
Example:

If there is no
poverty and
everyone is rich,
who would be
willing to work?
Example:
People who rally in EDSA or
in front of DOLE is needed
even though they cause
traffic delay, for they serve as
a channel for the people to
voice out their opinion to the
government.
Example:
Sickness is negative but needed
in the society, who will need
medical treatment? We will not
have doctors and medical
practitioners. We might have
issues arises from over
population.
2 Conflict
Theory by Karl Marx

Karl Marx

This theory focuses on the

changes in the society where it
is seen as positive.
This theory traces
every change from a
conflict.

Every conflicting
force in the society
causes change.
It is seen in this Formula:

Thesis + Antithesis =
Synthesis
Example:

Global Warming + Old

Jeepneys which releases
more carbon dioxide =
Hybrid busses and electric
vehicles.
Example:

You want to go out +

Curfew
= you stayed in your
house / you got caught
and put to jail.
Example:

Spread of Covid-19 +
People are going
outside to interact
with one another =
Lockdown
Example:

Lockdown +
Pursue of
Education =
Online Classes
3 Symbolic Interactionism /
Interaction Theory by Max Weber

Max Weber

Symbolic interactionism does

not deal with either order or
conflict.
Instead…

It explores the issues of

meaning-making and why
this is crucial in
understanding order or
conflict as processes that
brought about society.
 This theory focuses
on the way we give
meanings to different
symbols and how
these meanings are
changed by
interactions.
Symbols can be…

Object Concept Feeling

Example No. 1:

This dog might be a pet to

someone, but for some this is food.
 Then one day, a man who looks at the dog as a pet
talked to the man who sees it as a food and explains
how dogs are considered as man’s best friend.

The man who previously sees the dog as a

food now sees it as a pet.
The Symbol is the dog
but the meaning
varies to people but
the meaning for some
are changed because
of interaction.
Example No. 2:

10 years ago, people would not

understand if you show them this
hand gesture that we do today.

Almost all people did is knows

the meaning of this hand
gesture nowadays.
 Supposed a friend does not
know the meaning of this
hand gesture (symbol)

and asked you (interaction).

You explained that this

means Heart (meaning).
Now the next time you see
each other and you showed
your friend this hand
gesture, she will now
understand the meaning of
the symbol that you are
showing.