This document discusses factors that have brought changes to man's social and cultural background such as machines, computers, and genetic engineering. It defines a nation state as having citizens with a common culture, language, descent, and history. It also explains that personal identity evolves over a person's life and can be based on things like nationality, religion, and personal experiences. Finally, it presents quotes about how individuals contain society's information and how culture represents a society's adaptation to its environment.

2. MAN’S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
BACKGROUND
“CHANGE IS THE ONLY THING
PERMANENT IN THIS WORLD.”
-HERACLITUS

3. FACTORS WHICH BROUGHT CHANGES AND
DEVELOPMENTS:
MACHINES
COMPUTERS
GENETIC ENGINEERING

4. NATION STATE
IS A SOVEREIGN STATE WHOSE CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS
HAVE COMMON CULTURE .
THEY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, HAVE A COMMON
DESCENT, AND SHARE A COMMON HISTORY .

5. PERSONAL IDENTITY
IS THE CONCEPT YOU DEVELOP ABOUT YOURSELF THAT EVOLVES OVER THE COURSE OF
YOUR LIFE .
EXAMPLE:
• A NATURALIZED FILIPINA IN JAPAN , MAY IDENTIFY HERSELF AS A FILIPINA HAVING COME FROMA STATE
CALLED THE PHILIPPINES AND POSSESSING THE CULTURE OF MOSTFILIPINOS.
• ANOTHER FILIPINA MAY IDENTIFY HERSELF AS A MUSLIM BECAUSE OF HER ISLAMIC TRADITION.

6. “ EACH INDIVIDUAL ALREADY CONTAINS THE WHOLE INFORMATION FIELD OF SOCIETY . IT
THE WHOLE INFORMATION FIELD , BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTAINS THAT INFORMATION
FIELD IN HIS OWN WAY.”
- DAVID BOHM-
“THE CULTURE OF ANY SOCIETY REPRESENTS AN ADAPTATION OR ADJUSTMENT TO THE
VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF LIFE, INCLUDINGTHEIR PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND SUPERNATURAL
ENVIRONMENT.”
-SCHWARTZ-