-The essence of society as interpretive community -theoretical perspectives regarding the development of society

1. Interpretive Dynamics
of Culture

2. • It is a tool to grasp the complexity of
the phenomenon it represents and a
means to explore its many other
dimensions hidden by its normative
use.
• It represents an ideal type, which
more or less depicts the form,
Society as a
Concept

3. • Society is seen as an outcome of multiple
interactions of people upon which
succeeding interactions are made
meaningful and possible.
Society as a
Facticity

4. Society
Omnipotenc
e
Omniscience
Omnipresence

5. • the quality of having unlimited or
very great power.
Omnipotence

6. • the state of knowing everything.
Omniscience

7. • the state of being widespread
or constantly encountered.
Omnipresence

8. • It allows us to see opportunities where there
are none and to create one if need be.
Sociological
Awareness

9. Being socially aware means that you
understand how you react to
different social situations, and
effectively modify your interactions with
other people so that you achieve the best
results.

10. The sociological
perspective enjoins
us to see the
coordinates of our
social maps- our
biography and
society’s history and
their intersections –
and from there chart
more feasible routes
C. W Mills

11. Theoretical
Perspective

13. the society is seen as a
complex system whose
parts function and work in
harmony, bringing stability
in the process (Parts of the
society: family, school,
economy, or state)

14. An American
sociologist who
differentiate the
two kinds of
function
He is considered a
founding father of
Robert Merton

15. Manifest Function
• Is the intended,
recognized and
obvious
• consequences that
people observe or
expect. It is
explicitly stated and
understood by the
participants in the
relevant action.
Latent Function
• The
unintended
and
unrecognized
function

16. Social Dysfunction
• undesirable effects of a social
pattern on the operation of
society, may result but society
has the ability to adjust.

18. • Focuses on: forces in society that promote
competition and change
• it is based on the assumption that society
is an arena of inequality and division
resulting to conflict.

20. Focuses on: how individuals
interact
it focuses on how people
make sense of the world, on
how they experience and
define what they and others
are doing, and on how they
influence and are influenced
by others.

21. Rules: Invisible Hand
of Society
-Are essential in the everyday conduct of the member
of the society
-it becomes the arbiter of disagreements and people’s
respect for rules gives them this organizing power over
human actions over time.

22. Written Rules
Are easily seen and
hence are easily
observed and obeyed.

23. Stop at a red light

24. Unwritten Rules
These are rules that
aren’t necessarily laws
but we follow them on a
day to day basis.

25. Don't stop in the middle of a busy
sidewalk.

26. Avoid ‘K’ at all cost

27. Culture as a
Concept

28. Culture is that complex
whole includes
knowledge, belief, art,
morals, law, custom, and
any other capabilities
and habits acquired by
man as a member of
society.
-Edward B. Tylor

29. Culture is the way of life especially the
general customs and beliefs, of a
particular group of people at a particular
time
-Cambridge English Dictionary

30. •
Mass Culture
refers to the mass-
produced and mass –
mediated forms of
consumer culture that
emerged in the 20th
Century.

31. Culture
Society

32. One does not or cannot exist
without the others
• “There can be no culture without a society
and there are no known human societies
that do not exhibit culture.”