Nature, Goals and
Perspectives in Anthropology,
Sociology and Political
Science Part 2
Sir Magz ☺
Objective
• appreciate the
importance of the
goals of anthropology,
sociology and political
science
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Using the given illustration above, identify the concepts that
you can relate to culture, society and politics.
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Culture
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Society
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Difference between anthropology
and sociology
Anthropology
Sociology
Subjects Biological anthropology refers to the study of Anything in a society that influences people’s
of Inquiry human origins (genetics, race, evolutions,
lives can be subjects of inquiry, like different
fossils, primates). Cultural anthropology is
social phenomena, issues, and problems.
the study of living people (religion, social
Sociologists can also look into things that
system, language, clothing, foods, beliefs,
influence life like family background, sociotraditions, etc). Linguistics is the study of
language, its evolution, its connection to
economic status, ethnicity, social classes,
other languages, and others. Archeology
religion, gender, beliefs, traditions, norms,
refers to the study of dead culture (religion,
among others. Some fields are social
social system, language, how they dress,
organization, social psychology, applied
foods, beliefs, traditions, etc)
sociology, and human ecology
Difference between anthropology
and sociology
Goals
Anthropology
Sociology
The goals of anthropology
are the following: See the commonalities
among people (tradition,
language, kinship, etc).
- Look at what makes us
the same to understand
more about human nature.
The goals of Sociology are the
following:
- Obtain possible theories and
principles about society as well as
various aspects of social life.
Difference between anthropology
and sociology
Goals
Anthropology
Sociology
- Discover what makes people
different from each other to
understand and preserve
diversity.
- Produce new knowledge
and new theories about
mankind and behaviour.
- Look at one’s own culture
more objectively
- Study the nature of humanity to
further examine our roles within a
society.
- Appreciate that all things in society
are interdependent.
- Expose our minds to different
perspectives in attaining truth
Politics
• Have impacts our lives directly or
indirectly, whether we are aware of its
effects or not.
• If there is a crime that took place, we
call the police, and this scheme is part of
the government.
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Politics
• If there was a fire that occurred, we call
the fire department, and that’s also a
part of the government.
• Military is government as well, let alone
our civil liberty and our rights which
have influences on us daily.
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Politics
• In school, you were asked to read by
heart the Constitution.
• When you are apprehended by an
authority, you asked your violation
and insisted on your legal rights.
• Even inside your house, there are still
set of rules that are being enforced
and followed. All these things are
related to a field called Political
Science
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Political Science
Origin
• The study of political science was
started by the ancient Greeks.
•Aristotle in his book “Politics” stated
that Man is a political animal. It means
that it is our nature to live in a society
and to have power over another.
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Political Science
Concepts
• Political Science is the systematic
study of government, politics, and
political power.
•It is often defined as who gets
what, when, where and how.
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Political Science
Subjects of Inquiry
• political theory, philosophy and
different political ideologies
• public management
• human rights
• international relations and foreign
policies
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Political Science
Goals
• Make people a better citizen.
• Keep social order and harmony
among different groups of people.
• Protect the rights of an individual.
• Avoid conflict and promote
cooperation
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Archaeology
• is a branch of anthropology that studies the
culture of dead people.
• Archaeologists rely on the pieces of evidence
that they exhumed from discovered old cities
and civilizations.
• We learn many things about our past based
on their findings.
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Activity
Search or draw social issues today. , identify the major
social issue or problem that affects our society today.
Discuss how the disciplines of anthropology, sociology,
and political science help us in addressing this issue.
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Issue/Problem
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Discipline/s in social
science you will use for
the problem/issue
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