2. HUMAN SOCIETY VS ANIMAL SOCIETY
•The sociality of Man
•Centrality to the problem of human
society
•Man’s dependent of society
3. ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY
• Mutual interaction of individuals
• Mutual inter relationship between individuals
• A pattern of system
• Reciprocal awareness is the most important ingredient
• Common propensity….. “we” feeling
• Like mindedness
4. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIETY
• Composed of people
• Mutual awareness, continuous reciprocal interaction and inter
relationship among members
• Likeness and differences eg similarities like needs, activities, ideals
values etc differences like looks, personality, talents, attitudes etc.
• Members have cooperation and share common interest.
• Desires are satisfied and interests fulfilled with joined efforts
promoting solidarity and social cohesion
5. SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
• Origin of society
• Solitary nature of man
• Man’s nature and survival tactics in society
• The covenant or agreement to live in mutual bonding with
another fellow being.
6. THE ORGANISMIC THEORY OF SOCIETY
• Plato compared society and state to a magnified human being.
• The organic theory considers society as a unity similar to a
biological organism.
• The ancient and medieval writers draws a comparison between
society and organisms.
• The Development of society are complex and similar.
7. LIMITATIONS OF THE THEORIES
•Fictional
•Historical in nature
•Rejection of ideas
8. SOCIAL NECESSITIES
• Society is dynamic….changes take place abruptly or
gradually
• Society has its own way of social control (formal or
informal)
• Each society has its distinct culture…. ……..Its expression
of human behavior viz. attitudes, judgements, morals etc
9. BIO SOCIAL SYSTEM
•The inseparable individual and society
•Man in society and society in man.
•Scope for individuality.
10. MAMMALIAN SOCIETY
• Traditional interpretations of the evolution of animal societies have
suggested that their structure is a consequence of attempts by
individuals to maximize their inclusive fitness within constraints
imposed by their social and physical environments.
• Reproductive competiveness between males and females mammals.
• The Kinship structure varies widely in mammalian society to a great
extent.
11. CONCLUSION
• There is a vast interplay between nature society and man.
• Every living being has its own uniqueness.
• The individual being is a gift to society.
• There is a vast differences in human and animal society with
regard to their nature, focus, instinct, interaction and level of
analysis.
