UCSP LESSON 2 LOOKING BACK SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDYING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND

POLITICS
“Change is the only permanent thing in this world” –
Heraclitus 1. Adaptation and integration
2. Patterns of acceptable behavior
Nation state- is a sovereign state whose citizens or
3. Conveys and facilitate meaning
subjects have common culture.
4. Production of man-made things
Personal identity- is the concept you developed about 5. Contributes to overall human satisfaction
yourself that evolves over the course of your life.
SOCIETIES- product of human social processes (human
CULTURE refers to that complex whole which includes interaction and interconnectedness) intended to meet
knowledge beliefs, arts, morals, laws and customs and basic needs for survival.
any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as
SOCIETY- refers to group of people sharing common
member of society.
culture within a defined territorial boundaries.
Culture encompassed….
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDYING SOCIETY
Language, medical cure, religion, food, folk art,
1. Representation of our identity
celebrations, jokes, manners, clothes and dressing,
2. Characterize the totality of a territory
working schedules
3. Symbol of political interdependence
TYPES OF CULTURE 4. Avenue for economic interdependence

a.NON-MATERIAL CULTURE ( ideas, behavior, gesture, POLITICS- is….

habits, language and symbols and religion)
a.collective activity
b. MATERIAL CULTURE (technological tools, food,
b.initial diversity of views
architectural structures, and fashion and accessories)
c.reconcillation of difference
ELEMENTS OF CULTURE
d. authoritative policy
a. KNOWLEDGE- refers to any information received and
perceived to be true. POLITICS may be viewed……

b. BELIEF-the perception of accepted reality-refers to 1.consensus and compromise

the existence of things whether material or non-
2.society
material
3.power and distribution of resources
c. SOCIAL NORMS- these are established expectations of
society as to how a person is supposed to act depending 4. art of government
on the requirements of the time, place or situation
5.public affair
FOLKWAYS-the patterns of repetitive behavior which
becomes habitual and conversational part of living 6.academics

MORES- set of ethical standards and moral obligations ANTHROPOLOGY- is the branch of knowledge which
as dictates of reason that distinguishes human acts as deals with the scientific study of man, his works, his
right body, his behavior and values, in time and space.

POLITICAL SCIENCE- is a systematic study of a state and

To understand man’s social experience, it is necessary
to make a wider analysis of man’s relationship to his
natural environment.
its government, with the relationships of men in the
community, with relations of men to the state itself.
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
1.Knowledge based
2.Competence based

3.Skills based

SOCIOLOGY- accdg. to Joseph Fichter, it is the scientific

study of patterned, shared human behavior. It analyze
human interaction which is essential in understanding
man’s cultural make-up.