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CONCERNS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, AND POLITICAL

SCIENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PHENOMENON OF CHANGE
CULTURE- ANTHROPOLOGY
SOCIETY- SOCIOLOGY
POLITICAL SCIENCE- POLITICS

ANTHROPOLOGY - Is a social science that study the origins of humanity, past

and present human behavior.
 Through time, our social existence evolves with distinct features and diverse
identity.
 The human development and social experience explain the phenomenon of
changes in human life.
SOCIOLOGY- Is a science that studies the development of social structure,
functions of human in the society and how people interact being a member of the
society.
 It analyzes how human behavior affects social interactions, processes, and
organization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE- Is a systematic study of system of government and
state. It emphasizes the utilization of power, influence, impact, and discretion
which is imperative in making a well-ordered society.

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GOALS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
SOCIOLOGY

GOALS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
 Describe and analyze the biological evolution of humanity.
 Describe and assess the cultural development of our species.
  Analyze the present-day human cultural similarities
 Describe and explain human biological and diversity today.
 Discover what makes people diverse from each other.
 Discover what all people have in common.
 Produce new knowledge about humankind and human behavior
GOALS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
 Be immersed in current affairs.
 Build an understanding on the local, national, and international politics.
 Learn how political activities are organized in and out of our country.
 Provide substantially and scientific contribution to government and society.
 Understanding of the nation’s political institutions, culture, and ideologies.
 Understand that there are various sorts of political systems around the world.
 Deepen knowledge about politics and government.
GOALS OF SOCIOLOGY
 Understand ourselves better.
 Build a more robust understanding of humanity.
 Help with decision-making.
 Provide insights into what is going on in a situation.
 Explain the diversity of people and societies.
 Describe the interaction between individual and society.
 View the world from a sociological perspective.

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
What is CULTURE?
  It is a combination of varied areas that comprises tradition, cultural
practices, behaviors, beliefs, values, attitudes, norms, symbols, laws,
knowledge, and entirely that a person learns and share influence being a
member of society.

Forms of CULTURE?
 MATERIAL CULTURE (Tangible)- refers to the physical objects that
people produce.
Ex. Buildings, infrastructure, vehicles, clothing, artworks, tools, artifacts, goods,
technological creations, factories and so forth.
 NON-MATERIAL CULTURE (Intangible)- refers to the non-physical
aspect of human creations in which literally you can’t touch it.
Ex. Beliefs, religion, language, values, family patterns, cultural practices, ideas,
laws, symbols, and norms in the society.

What is SOCIETY?
 It denotes to a group of individuals sharing a common culture inside a
characterized territorial boundary. Society ought to have rules of conduct,
traditions, customs, laws, folkways and mores, and desires that guarantee
suitable conduct among individuals.
ANTHROPOLOGY
 STUDY MAN ENTIRELY
 Is the branch of science that studies human behavior, his works, his body,
his conduct, and values, in time and space.
 Moreover, it also studies man’s physical, social, and cultural development
that defines and explains the wonder of human life.
SOCIOLOGY
 FOCUS STUDY IS SOCIETY
  Is a social science that studies human social relationship, and shared human
behavior in the society. It examines human interaction which is necessary in
understanding the cultural aspect of man.
 It also focuses its attention on all kinds of social relationships, social arts,
social interaction, social structures, social processes, and social organization.

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
 Sociological perspective enables an individual to understand the cultural
aspect of man and its role played in the society.
 It provides a different way of looking at life and provides a deeper
understanding of why and how people behave within the society.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
 Anthropological perspective enables you to understand the origin of culture
diversity through mankind, hence the concentration of human perspective.
 It will widen your horizon into a specific point of view of understanding and
judging people in the society and its culture diversity.