UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE,
SOCIETY AND POLITICS
MET 1:
Starting Points for the
Understanding
Culture, Society and
Politics
MET #1: STARTING POINTS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

SECTION I. The Diversified Human Society

SECTION II. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SECTION III. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
as Scientific Endeavor
CONTENT STANDARDS
The learners demonstrate an understanding of:

1. Human cultural variation, social differences, social change,

and political identities;
2. The significance of studying culture, society and politics; and
3. The rationale for studying anthropology, political science, and
sociology
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
The learners:

1. Acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences, social

change, and political identities
2. Appreciates the value of disciplines of Anthropology,
Sociology and Political Science as social sciences
3. Adopt an open and critical attitude toward different
social,
political and cultural phenomenon
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE THREE FACES
OF THE SOCIAL

Cultural
SOCIOLOGY practices
ANTHROPOLOGY
Faces of the
social
Social Power
relations
forces

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Section III. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics as
Scientific Endeavor

UCSP AS A HYBRID COURSE

 The product of culture, society ad politics is a

product of the intermingling of the three social
science disciplines namely anthropology,
sociology and political science.

 Now the society and human beings become

the center of all attention.
Section III. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics as
Scientific Endeavor
UCSP AS A HYBRID COURSE
 However, there is also another inescapable
consequence of society and humanity, this
is politics.

 Human beings are not only social creatures

but also political animals who will always
form organizations that will cater to the
needs of the entire populations.
Section III. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics as
Scientific Endeavor

 Sociology as the Scientific Study of the Society

 Anthropology as the Scientific Study of Humanity
 Political Science as the Scientific Study of the State and its
Consequences
 The Physical Sciences and the Social Sciences
 Social Science as a Science
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Scientific Endeavor
SOCIOLOGY AS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE SOCIETY

 These topics speak about one thing, and

that is the complexity of human
psychology and actions.

 The society is a dynamic organism that

that grows and evolves together with
the growth and evolution of humans.
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Scientific Endeavor
ANTHROPOLOGY AS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE SOCIETY

 Considered more scientific than sociology

 Involves observation of actual facts and

even artifacts

 Involves studying unpredictable human

beings.
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Scientific Endeavor
POLITICAL SCIENCE AS THE SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF THE
STATE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

 Political scientists study politics inside the

state in an objective manner by employing
standard research which is characterized
as scientific and objective.
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Scientific Endeavor
THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

 The physical sciences are basically the

science of the physical or material world.

 Example: physics, biology, chemistry,

geology and astronomy.
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Scientific Endeavor
THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

 The social sciences study human behavior

as it relates to the society and its
institutions.

 It deals with the intrinsic values underlying

human nature.
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Scientific Endeavor
SOCIAL SCIENCES AS SCIENCE
 The social sciences are utilizing the scientific
method as a mode of their inquiry but
cannot produce the same result as that of
physical sciences.

 Human nature and human behavior sometimes

can be very elusive, more complicated and
less objective.