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Social Science 12
The Social as “Driver of Interaction”
▪ Social forces
– any human-created way of doing things that influence, pressure, or force people
to behave, interact with others, and think in certain ways.
– are considered remote and impersonal because mostly people have no hand in
creating them, nor do they know anyone who do or did.
– are normally in the guise of rules (written and unwritten), norms and
expectations.
▪ The influence of these three is normally taken for granted and assumed to be natural.
▪ Sociology emerged with the two of the most significant social and
political revolutions in the history:
– The French Revolution of 1789
▪ Influenced by new political ideas from France and America
▪ Created negative sentiments vs the monarchy, shift to democracy
– Industrial Revolution in England (18th century)
▪ Brought about by the invention of the steam engine
▪ Countryside folks were pushed into towns
▪ Lands were taken away by landlords, shift to factory-based economy
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CULTURE CULTURE
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• A single culture,
Universal characterized by cultural
Culture artifacts that appear the
same or similar everywhere
Politics is the
Virtuosity of
Governance
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The Concept of Politics
▪ Political Tasks:
▪ First Task: establishment of a political community
▪ Second Task: fulfillment of the roles of the parties
▪ Third Task: bringing back of the individual to the
political domain