lesson 4 Flashcards
5 types of society
Hunting-Gathering Society:
Horticultural and Pastoral Societies:
Agricultural Society:
Industrial Society:
Post-industrial Society:
Earliest form of human society
Smallest size(family bands)
Hunting-Gathering Society:
Very nomadic
Very low-developed division of labor
Longest-lasting society
Hunting-Gathering Society:
Villages( less than a hundred inhabitants to several hundreds)
Family clans and others
Domestication of plants and animals
Horticultural and Pastoral Societies:
Semi-nomadic
Food production is a major social effort
Division of labor evolves especially by gender
Religious and military leader roles
Horticultural and Pastoral Societies:
Developed large-scale agriculture
Large societies with large cities
Multi-ethnic society
Large division of labor
Agricultural Society:
Farming technology roles (government, religion, business, etc.)
Peasants are the largest class (50% or more of the population)
Agricultural Society:
Most developed form of human society
Nation-states
Mega populations (metropolis)
Industrial Society:
Advanced technology in many fields
Less than 10% of the population is involved in food production
Very detailed division of labor (gender roles remain)
Enormous capacity to destroy other societies
Industrial Society:
Industrial Society: Post-industrial Society:
Information societies,
postindustrial aka
Information societies, and digital societies,
are based on the production
of information and services.
information societies
is driven by
knowledge and not material goods, power lies with those in charge of storing and
distributing information.
knowledge and not material goods, power lies with those in charge of storing and
distributing information.
and computer
moguls such as
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are its John D. Rockefellers and
Cornelius Vanderbilts.
it is divided by access
to education; since without technical skills, people in an information society lack
the means for success.
Social classes
social animals.
Humans
belong to a human specie that finds
strength in numbers. In the past, a man started as nomads who transferred from
different geographical places to search for food.
Humans
a community where humans live and practice social life.
society
saying – Man cannot live isolated on an island forever.
Man is too complex to be left in isolation. Man has so many needs both personal and
social which can only be fulfilled inside society.
“No man is an island”.
came from the Latin word “societas”
“society”
“term “society” came from the Latin word
“societas”
“societas” which in turn derived
from the noun
“socius”
noun “socius” meaning,
“comrade, friend, and ally”
used to describe a bond
or interaction between parties that are friendly or at least civil.
“comrade, friend, and ally”
“comrade, friend, and ally”
“zoon politikon”
meaning man is a
political animals. That is, human beings are creatures whose nature is for them to
live in a society or group.
“zoon politikon”
society is characterized by the presence of the 6 elements:
social solidarity
shared identity and culture
common language
a large population and the ability to sustain the succeeding generation of members
definite geographical area
political, economic, and social organization
Major Types of Society:
1.) Hunting and gathering
2.) Horticultural and Pastoral Societies
3.) Agricultural societies
4.) Industrial societies
5.) Post-industrial societies
