Unit II: Unpacking the
Self
POLITICAL SELF
UNDERSTANDING THE
SELF
MA. DANIELA ANNE B.
SAMANIEGO, RPm, MA
What is Politics?
 Greek word ‘Politika’ – “affairs of the cities”
 Set of activities that are associated with making
decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations
between individuals, such as the distribution of
resources or status.
What is Political self?
 Explores how our social and economic contexts affect
our mental health and well-being.
It can be inferred that a
person’s ability to
influence others by
making a decision for
them is one of the
essential qualities in
one’s political self.
HOW CAN PEOPLE BE
INFLUENCED BY OTHERS?
2 Types of Social Influence:
 NORMATIVE INFLUENCE –
based on conforming to the
positive expectations of others.
 INFORMATIONAL
INFLUENCE – based on
accepting the information from
others as evidence of reality.
leadership
 Process by which certain group members motivate
and guide the group.
 Need for Power - desire to
Theories
of
leadership
David
mcclelland’s
motivational
theory
hold control and authority
over another person and
influence their decision in
accordance with his own
needs or desires
 Need for Affiliation - urge
to have interpersonal and
social relationships with
others.
 Need for Achievement urge to achieve something in
what you do.
Developing a Filipino
Identity: Values, Traits,
Community and
Institutional Factors
 Collective action, shared vision, means of
sustainable future and the link to generation has
been crucial in the construction of identity and
sense of belonging in the democratic standpoint.
 Thus, enhancing the practice of citizenship and
democracy is crucial to the awareness and
understanding of self and community.
Three Major
Concerns in
Building an
Identity:
1. Instrumental - An
individual act in accordance
with rules and identities
consistent with supportive
democratic processes.
3. Transformative -
2. Morals - Values and
Includes process of selfreflection and redefinition
of individuals, institutions
and communities.
beliefs embody and
reinforce democratic
principles.
Aspects in developing
filipino identity:
 Individual Attitudes and Traits
 Institutional Factors
 Macro-Factors at the Societal
Level
Aspects in developing filipino identity:
INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES & TRAITS
Rethinking Filipino Values (Filipino Psychology):
Colonial /
Accommodative
Surface Values
• Hiya (propriety /
dignity)
• Utang na loob (debt
of gratitude or solidarity)
• Pakikisama (smooth
interpersonal
relationships)
Confrontative
Surface Values
• Bahala na
(determination & risktaking)
• Sama / Lakas ng
loob (resentment / guts)
• Pakikibaka
(resistance)
Societal Values
• Karangalan (dignity)
• Puri
• Dangal
• Katarungan (justice)
• Kalayaan (freedom)
Aspects in developing filipino identity:
INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES & TRAITS
Rethinking Filipino Values (Filipino Psychology):
Pivotal
Interpersonal Value
•Pakikiramdam
(shared inner
perception)
Linking SocioPersonal Value
•Kagandahangloob (shared
humanity)
Aspects in developing filipino identity:
institutional factors
Institutional Factors
• Family
• Church
• School
• Media
• Government
• Non-government
• People's organization
Aspects in developing filipino identity:
macro-factors
Macro – Factors at the
Societal Level
• Immediate community with
which one readily identifies one's
self
• Less intimate grouping of which
one is a member
March and Olsen’s
Framework of Democratic
Political Development
• Building institutions that civilize
expressions of solidarity and
confrontation of conflict among
identities.
• Forming specific identities that fit
into and support a democratic
political order.
• Sense of solidarity that connects the
individual to a broad political
community of others and organizes
other belongings in a way that
enriches the community.
Przeworski’s Concept of
Effective Citizenship
• Official conduct in accordance
with the law.
• A judicial system applied
equally to all.
• Social conditions for the
exercise of citizen's rights.
thank you!