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Subject Title: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Here are the key points about the importance of studying anthropology, sociology, and political science: Anthropology helps provide insights into strange aspects of past or present societies that are difficult for historians and sociologists to comprehend and explain. It gives information about human behavior in relation to the social environment. Sociology analyzes human interaction and social relationships, which is essential for understanding cultural make-up. It develops knowledge about social order and social change. Political science emphasizes the use of power, interests, influence, and diplomacy, which are important for creating a well-ordered society. It deals with systems of governance and the analysis of political activities, thoughts, constitutions, and behavior. In summary

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Subject Title: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Here are the key points about the importance of studying anthropology, sociology, and political science: Anthropology helps provide insights into strange aspects of past or present societies that are difficult for historians and sociologists to comprehend and explain. It gives information about human behavior in relation to the social environment. Sociology analyzes human interaction and social relationships, which is essential for understanding cultural make-up. It develops knowledge about social order and social change. Political science emphasizes the use of power, interests, influence, and diplomacy, which are important for creating a well-ordered society. It deals with systems of governance and the analysis of political activities, thoughts, constitutions, and behavior. In summary

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Subject Title:

Understanding Culture,
Society and Politics
Course Description:
 This course uses insights from Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology
to develop students’ awareness of cultural, social and political dynamics, and
sensitivity to cultural diversity; provide them with an understanding of how
culture, human agency, society and politics work; and engage them in the
examination of the country’s current human development goals.
 At the end of the course, students should acquire ideas about human cultures,
human agency, society and politics; recognize cultural relativism and social
inclusiveness to overcome prejudices; and develop social and cultural
competence to guide their interactions with groups, communities, networks,
and institutions.
Most Essential Learning Competencies
Week 1- Discuss the nature, goals and perspectives in/of anthropology, sociology
and political science
Week 2- Analyze the concept, aspects and changes in/of culture and society.
Week 3- Explain the importance of cultural relativism in attaining cultural
understanding.
Week 4- Analyze the significance of cultural, social, political and economic
symbols and practices.
Week 5. Explain the context, content, processes, and consequences of
socialization.
Week 6- Analyze the forms and functions of social organization.
Most Essential Learning Competencies

Week 7- Explain the forms and functions of state and non-state institutions
Week 8- Examine the functions and importance of education in the society
Week 9- Examine the concept, characteristics and forms of stratification systems
using sociological perspectives
Week 10- Explain government programs and initiatives in addressing social
inequalities e.g. local, national, global
Week 11- Suggest ways to address social inequalities (local, national and global)
Week 12- Examine human responses to emerging challenges in contemporary
societies
Most Essential Learning Competency for
Week 1

1. Discuss the nature, goals and


perspectives in/of anthropology,
sociology and political science
Content Standards (Week 1)

The learners demonstrate an understanding of:


1. Human cultural variation, social differences, social
change, and political identities
2. Significance of studying culture, society and politics
3. The rationale for studying anthropology, political science
and sociology.
Performance Standards (Week 1)

The learners

1. acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and


political identities
2. adopt an open and critical attitude toward different social, political, and
cultural phenomena through observation and reflection
3. appreciates the value of disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political
Science as social sciences
The Nature, Goals and
Perspectives in/of
Anthropology, Sociology
and Political Science
Human Cultural Variation
Cultural Variation
Religion
Ethnicity
Social Change

 Any shift in various aspects of the society, maybe it be a large scale


transformation in social structure, culture, and institutions or small scale
change in local meaning and interaction is considered as social change.
 Social change refers to the significant modification or alteration in the
lifestyle of a society, including its culture.
 Any shift or modification in the lifestyle of a society that affects major
portion of the member of the population and brings about transformation in
patterns of behavior is also considered social change.
 It maybe brought about by culture, religious, economic, scientific, or
technological forces.
Personal Identity

 It is the concept you develop about yourself that evolves over the course of
your life.
 A naturalized Filipina on Japan, may identify herself as a Filipina, having a
from a nation state called Philippines and possessing the culture of most
Filipinos.
What is Anthropology?
What is Anthropology?
 Anthropology is the branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study
of man, his works, his body, his behavior and values, in time and space.
 Also, it includes man’s physical, social, and cultural development that
describes and explains the phenomenon of human life.
 Anthropology helps by providing insights into strange aspects of past or even
present societies which historians and sociologist find to comprehend and
explain.
 Examples of these strange aspects are conflict and violence, trial by ordeal,
superstition and witchcraft, fashion, myths, legends, and rites of passage,
courtship and marriage, human sacrifice and others.
 Hence, anthropology gives us information concerning man’s behavior in
relation to his social environment.
What is
Anthropology?
Franz Uri Boas

 Franz Uri Boas was a German-born


American anthropologist and a pioneer
of modern anthropology who has been
called the "Father of American
Anthropology".
Henry Otley Beyer 

 Founding member of the Anthropology


department at the University of the
Philippines in 1914. Department head
from 1925 until retirement in 1954.
Known as the Father of Philippine
Anthropology.
What is sociology?
Sociology

 According to Joseph Fichter, sociology is the scientific study of patterned,


shared human behavior.
 It analyzes human interaction which is essential in understanding man’s
cultural make-up.
 It may focus its attention on all kinds of social interaction, arts, social
relationships, social organizations, social structures and social processes.
Sociology
 It is a social science that uses various methods of empirical
investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social
order and social change.
  Sociology can also be defined as the general science of society. While some
sociologists conduct research that may be applied directly to social
policy and welfare, others focus primarily on refining the theoretical
understanding of social processes.
 Subject matter can range from micro-level analyses of society (i.e., of individual
interaction and agency) to macro-level analyses (i.e., of systems and the 
social structure
Auguste Comte

 Auguste Comte, a French social


thinker, is traditionally known as the
“Father of Sociology” as he coined
the term ‘Sociology’ in 1839.
Émile Durkheim

 Émile Durkheim French social


scientist who developed a vigorous
methodology combining empirical
research with sociological theory.
 He is widely regarded as the founder of
the French school of sociology.
Political Science

 According to Palispis, political science is a systematic of state and its


government, with the relationship of men in the community, with relations of
men and groups to the state itself, and with the relations of a state with
other sovereign states abroad.
 It emphasizes the use of power, interest, influence, and diplomacy which is
important in creating a well-ordered society.
Political Science
 Political Science is the study of the nature, causes, and consequences of
collective decisions and actions taken by groups of people embedded in
cultures and institutions that structure power and authority.
 In other words, Political Science is a social science discipline that deals with
systems of governance, and the analysis of political activities, political
thoughts, associated constitutions and political behaviour.
 Aristotle is known as the Father of Political Science. He is famous for
his statement “Man is a political animal”.
Questions:

1. What is the importance of studying anthropology?


2. What is the importance of studying sociology?
3. What is the importance of studying political science?

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