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A branch of science that deals with the institution and functioning of human society.
Social Science
The interaction of the individual and the group or the welfare of human being as a member of society.
Social
Three Faces of the Social
Sociology,
Anthropology,
Political Science
The study of humans and the respective cultures where they were born an actively belong to.
Anthropology
The shared knowledge, beliefs and values of the society handed down from generation to generation.
Culture
Study of society and its structure
Sociology
Group of people living together in a definite territory, having a sense of belongingness
Society
Study of politics, the state and the government
Political Science
The structure of government
Politics
Anthropology derived from the Greek words
Anthropos (human)
Logos (study)
Considered father of all social and behavioral science
Anthropology
New world
North America
Father of American Anthropology
Franz Boas
Prominent in the field since their specialization including the championing of indigenous rights
Alfred Kroeber & William Henry Morgan
Specialist in anthropology and folklore and author of Patterns of Culture
Ruth Benedict
Described in the academic circle as controversial for intensively studying the sexual practices
Margaret Mead
Father of ethnographic approach
Bronislaw Malinowski