PART TWO – SOCIETY
A BRIEF TREATISE ON SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION
Mankind’s foremost fallacy lies in its misconception of society. Mankind consistently treats “society” as an undeniable truth—a fixture of the species—and upholds the status quo. However, as Berger and Luckmann would agree, society has never been anything more than a man-made invention—a valiant attempt to establish stability within a chaotic world. Despite man’s initial beneficent intentions, society as an ideal has been tremendously bastardized due to humanity’s divisive socio-cultural influences—i.e., the B&L-ian notion of socio-cultural variability. In fact, some followers of Jung contend that the sociology of culture acts as any given individual’s first confrontation in the world. Additionally, such divisiveness propagates arbitrary projections resulting from the isolation of socio-cultural groups. Arguably, at least initially, man somewhat succeeded in creating stability in the face of chaos, only to continue on such a trajectory as to create a new form of chaos as a result of man’s self-interest and stupidity. As mankind sought to organize society in order to combat anarchic chaos, the decay of entropy crept in, dragging society back into the abyss. Hypothetically, society can transform and once again be made anew if the individuals within it collectively accept the chaos of reality and,
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When undergoing a successful societal transformation, current institutions must be de-reified; then re-socialization can begin, and ultimately mankind can
...t societies can be weakened or even fall due to political corruption, war, and social injustice. When a society has one of these things, or even all three, it will not be a safe or fun place to live. Citizens will start riots and some will maybe even flee. And honestly, these things are bound to happen. Ultimately, we are doomed… it’s just up to us how long that will take.
...ng to hunt the deviations and fail, the decisions the society make are calamitous to them and the ones they love and the norms try to eliminate change, but instead they eliminate themselves and their society.
The widely used motto “United we stand, divided we fall” exemplifies the importance of a strong, stable human structure needed to succeed. It may be the structure of an empire, or the biological makeup of the human body, these systems in our world are not only desired by human nature, but are essential for progress. Though it’s true that humans naturally desire patterns, structures and standards in their lives, the underlying intention for these patterns isn’t to provide shelter or refuge, but to rather provide a pathway to function and achieve various goals, moral or immoral.
In this section, Adler corrects the teachings of Rousseau, Hobbes and Locke and their arguments about the state of nature. One teaching Adler disputes goes by the name of “the state of nature”. This phrase, when used by Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau signifies a condition of human life on earth in which individuals live in isolation with complete independence. The second thing Adler disputes is that human beings were dissatisfied with living in a state of nature, that they decided to put up with it no longer and to agree upon certain rules for living together under some form of government that eliminated their isolation. Adler’s argument is that these three treat the state of nature as if it was a historical reality and not a thought experiment. He argues that society and government have grown over time because humans are naturally social
An individual’s role in society can vary with the number themes the characters exhibit. When there are signs of fate, cruelties, weaknesses, and desires for justice and catharsis the role of an individual becomes more complicated. In Antigone, most of those themes are shown thus a single person’s influence or role on society is very small and complicated to attain. However in The Lottery the society has most of the control and there is not many signs of those characteristics so the role of a person is simplified because they are nothing compared to the society combined. Finally, in The Penalty of Death, there are signs of many of the themes but since it is the societies influence against that of an individuals, it is simplified because they have to work together.
society has failed, but that it evidently has caused an extermination of the very civilization in which it
‘Society makes and remakes people, but society is also made and remade by the multiple connections and disconnections between people, and between people, places and things’ (Havard, 2014, p.67).
The expectations of one’s surroundings shape who he or she is. Whether it is requirements from parents, society, or oneself, these pressures determine a person’s decisions and their behaviour. The plots of Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood and The Shape of a Girl by Joan MacLeod both focus on the bullying of a girl and the effects of these actions on those involved. The victims in both pieces of literature are singled out because they do not fit into societal norms. In The Shape of a Girl and Cat’s Eye, the stress caused by attempting to conform to society’s expectations causes the characters mental distress and keeps them in a subordinate position. The negative effects on one’s psyche are caused a variety of reasons. First, the expectations placed by society are constantly changing, thus they are impossible to achieve. Next, these expectations are enforced through dehumanizing methods. Finally, victims are forced to create a persona to fit into society,
French sociologist, Emile Durkheim, was born in 1858 and was a part of an inseparable and relatively old-fashioned Jewish family. Emile believed that science was a method that could keep the framework of humanity together. He established the enlightening idea of ‘Anomie’ or the lack of normal ethical or societal norms that might cause chaos and instability. The most important of Durkheim’s declarations is that society is intricate and a reality unique to itself. Soceity is conceived when singular consciences network and blend together to create an artificial reality that is entirely new. Durkheim believed that this reality can only be grasped in sociological expressions, and cannot be relegated to psychological or biological rationalizations.
A famous philosopher named Aristotle once said, "He who is unable to live in a society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god" (Moncur ). Ever since the first humans, people have sought to live and grow where other people are. This organization of people living together as a community is called a society. For the members of it, society furnishes protection, continuity, security and identity. Without a society to be a part of, man is nothing. Therefore, if a man comes into conflict with his society, he must either accept these differences or be destroyed. This nightmare comes to life in Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart, when the main character, Okonkwo, clashes with his society's beliefs. The conflict that exists between Okonkwo and his society is what ultimately leads him to his downfall.
Sociological Imagination vs. Common Sense This essay will aim to explain the differences between the sociological imagination and common sense. What the sociological imagination and common sense are and how they are at work in our society today. Using the area of educational achievement I will bring into this essay examples through research and findings from sociologists such as Pierre Bourdieu, Culture Capital (1977), Bernstein (1961)speech patterns’ and Paul Willis (1977)learning to labour, and use these examples as evidence to show how these would explain educational achievement in relation to the sociological imagination and common sense assumptions. I shall begin this essay by discussing where the sociological imagination arose from and what this is in comparison to common sense.
“The combination of all these causes forms so great a mass of influences hostile to individuality that it is not easy to see how it can stand its ground. It will do so with increasing difficulty unless the intelligent part of the public can be made to feel its value, to see that it is good there should be differences.” (208, Mill) People who always think new ideas go thru a harsh path, but they learn from their mistakes and experiences, and keep moving forward and in the end those who do make it, make society
Society can best be described as a group of people sharing similar values within the same industrial, economic, cultural and social arena. Without society, civilizations would crumble and human progress would come to a standstill. The importance of society can never be overemphasized. In fact, the underlying goals and objectives of society condition its subsistence. One of the main purposes of a society is to ensure that its citizens achieve optimum care and enjoy the highest quality of life possible. This is guaranteed though the establishment of social networks tailored to suit the needs of all citizens. Within an ideal society, individuals work tirelessly to support each other for a common good; the outcome of such an approach is basically
I wrote this to try and take the reader on a journey. What you read here is a direct reflection of the current state of our society.
In order for society to meet the basic social needs of its members, social institutions, which are not buildings, or an organization or even people, but a system whose of social norms, mores and folkways that help make people feel important. Social institutions, according to our textbook, is defined as a fundamental component of this organization in which individuals, occupying defined statues, are “regulated by social norms, public opinion, law and religion” (Amato 2004, p.961). Social institutions are meant to meet people’s basic needs and enable the society to survive. Because social institutions prescribe socially accepted beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviors, they exert considerable social control over individuals.