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SOCIAL SCIENCES
TOWARDS
UNDERSTANDING OF
CULTURE, SOCIETY,
AND POLITICS
MICHAEL ANJIELO R TABUYAN
Humanities and Social Sciences Strand
Senior High School Department
Far Eastern University Alabang
COVERAGE
ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIOLOGY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Explainand predict phenomena related to
foundation, establishment, and growth of
human society (Bining and Bining, 1956 as
cited by Jose and Ong, 2016)
Concerned with those basic elements of
culture that determine the general
patterns of human behavior (Hunt and
Colander, 2011)
ANTHROPOLOGY
What is anthropology?
Ano nga ba ang antropolohiya?
ANTHROPOLOGY
Science seeking to uncover
principles of behavior that
apply to all human
communities (Contreras et
al, 2016, citing American
Anthropological
Association, nd)
Study of human beings and
their ancestors (Alejandria-
Gonzales, 2016)
Greek antropos (human)
and logos (study)
SCOPE AND METHODS OF INQUIRY
(CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)
Focuses on human
diversity by looking on
cross-cultural differences
in social institutions,
cultural beliefs and
communication styles
Looking for a “culture
universal” (patterns of
similarity within an array
of differences) instead of
looking for a “universal
culture”
BRANCHES OF ANTHROPOLOGY
(ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016; ARCINAS, 2016;
CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016; ARCINAS, 2016;
CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)
Also known as
biological
anthropology
Concerned how:
humans emerged and
evolved through time
Human beings differ
biologically
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016; ARCINAS, 2016;
CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)
Study of
governments,
public
policies and
political
processes,
systems, and
political
behaviour
SCOPE AND METHODS OF INQUIRY
(CONTRERAS ET AL 2016)
Deals extensively
with the theories
and practice of
politics
Problematizes the
nature of power and
studies how
possession and
exercise of power
can shape individual
actions and
collective decisions
BRANCHES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
(ARCINAS, 2016; CARAMANI 2010)
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
POLITICAL
INTL RELATIONS POLITICAL THEORY
SCIENCE
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
BRANCHES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
(ARCINAS, 2016; CARAMANI, 2010)
Political Theory –
application of political
ideas and concepts for
answering political
phenomena
Comparative Politics –
study of context
different political and
government systems
BRANCHES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
(ARCINAS, 2016; CARAMANI, 2010)
International Relations –
study of political
interactions between
state- and non-state
actors
Public Administration –
study of various
administrative schemes
implemented by the
government
SOCIOLOGY
What is sociology?
Ano ang sosyolohiya?
SOCIOLOGY
(ARCINAS, 2016; ALEJANDRIA-GONZALES, 2016;
CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016; SANTARITA AND MADRID, 2016)
Scientificstudy of
society and the
behavior of
people in the
society
Study of
relationships
among people
METHOD OF STUDY:
“THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION”
(DAVID, 2017; ARCINAS, 2016; CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)
Conceptualized by C.
Wright Mills (1959)
Imagining the
intersections of their life
situations (biography)
and the events in the
society (history) as
interconnected and
influences each other
Converting personal
issues into public issues
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIOLOGY
(ARCINAS, 2016; CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)
STRUCTURALIST -
FUNCTIONALIST
CRITICAL- MICROLEVEL
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
(CONFLICT) MACROLEVEL
SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONIST
STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM
(ARCINAS, 2016; CONTRERAS ET AL, 2016)