Short notes
The Nature of Society
The Nature Of Society
Definition
Society is the hardware, culture is the software.
Concept Of Society
Definition
Society is the hardware, culture is the software.
Thinkers
- Bronislaw Malinowski — participant observation; culture exists to satisfy biological and psychological needs.
Society And Culture
Definition
Society is the hardware, culture is the software.
Thinkers
- Hoebel | Anthropology and Sociology are closely related
Social Institution
Definition
Society is a collection of individuals united by relations or modes of behaviour that distinguish them from others.
Example / case study
- Herbert Risley: Racial theory of caste; The People of India.
- Thurston: Castes & Tribes of Southern India.
- Beginning: Institutionalisation of anthropology (Dept. of Anthropology, Calcutta University – 1920).
- Nature: Empirical fieldwork, study of social institutions.
Social Groups
Definition
Empiricism – observation-based, scientific & systematic.
Example / case study
- Volunteering, clubs, social groups, exercise groups.
And Social Stratification
Definition
Society is the hardware, culture is the software.