ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

S.Y. 2020-2021

Date:

I. TOPIC: Defining Culture and Society from the Perspectives of Anthropology

Topic: Society as a group of people sharing a common culture

II. OBJECTIVE/S:

a. To evaluate the various perspectives of culture and society

b. To illustrate by examples the perspectives of culture and society
c. To relate a personal experience depicting one of the three primary theoretical perspectives.

III. REFERENCES/MATERIALS:

Understanding Culture Society and Politics

AUTHOR: Mariano M. Ariola

IV. TEACHING PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES

1. Development of the Lesson

a.
Activity

CONCEPT NOTE # 5

TITLE: Defining Culture and Society from the Perspectives of Anthropology

SOCIETY – a group of people living together in a definite territory. Having a sense of belongingness, mutually

interdependent of each other and follows a certain way of life.

CULTURE – a dynamic medium through which societies create a collective way of life reflected in such

things as beliefs, values, music, literature, art, dance, science, religion, ritual, technology and others.

3 Anthropological Perspectives on Culture and Society

1. Evolutionist- intellectual Perspective -

Edward Burnett Tylor considered the” belief in spiritual beings”(animism), that possess supernatural powers, (polytheism) eventually led to monotheism

concept of religion and notion of death.

2. French Sociology School - Studied human behavior in a sociological framework, focused their attention

primarily on the question of societal solidarity, social impact of rites and various ties connecting individuals

to society.
 -Social determination of attitudes concerning death.

3. British Functionalist School – relation of death rites and accompanying emotional reactions. They focused their attention on the question of the social loss caused by death such as the redistribution of status and rights.

Sociological Perspectives on Culture and Society

3 Primary theoretical perspectives,

1. Symbolic Interactionist perspective- people attach meanings to symbols they act according to their subjective interpretations.

2. Functionalist perspective – Interdependent and contributes to society’s functioning as a whole.

2 Forms:

Mechanical solidarity - social cohesion arises in similar values and beliefs in similar types of work, common in traditional, simple societies.

Organic Solidarity - social cohesion arises in interdependent society but hold to varying values and beliefs and engage in varying types of work.

2 Types

Manifest Functions – intentional and obvious

Latent Functions – unintentional and not obvious

3. Conflict Perspective – focuses on negative, conflicted and ever-changing nature of society.

Challenge status-quo, encourage social change, believe rich and powerful people.

Sociological Perspective Level of Analysis Focus

Symbolic Interactionism Micro Use of symbols; Face to face interactions

Functionalism Macro Relationship between the parts of society

How aspects of society are functional (adaptive)

Conflict Theory Macro Competition for the scarce resources

How the elite control the poor and weak

A. Analysis
Illustrate examples of the perspectives of culture and society

B. Abstraction

Evaluate 3 Anthropological Perspectives on Culture and Society

C. Application (Reflection)

Give at least one experience from the 3 Primary theoretical perspectives

and connect the details of it from the lesson learned.

D. Assessment

ESSAY :

It is said that culture is a very powerful force that affects the lives of the people.

Explain what this statement means.