SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE SELF AS A PRODUCT OF SOCIETY

sociological perspective

of the self assumes that human behaviors is influenced by group life.

auguste comte (1798-1857)

coin the term sociology.

Socios

mean society, association, togetherness or companionship

Logos

means to speak about or word.

sociology

is the study of society and culture

society

refers to the social world with all its structure, institution, organizations around us, and specifically to a group of people who live within some type of bounded territory and who share a common way of life.

culture

the most common way of life shared by a group of people (stockard, 1997)

Mead and Cooley

sociologist like _ and _ , the self is not a product of biological predispositions; rather, it is a product of social interactions.

Baudrillard

french sociologist argues that in postmodern society, the self is found in the prestige symbol of goods consumed by man.

Charles Horton Cooley

this sociologist emphasize the looking glass self to highlight that the people whom a person interacts become a mirror in which he view himself.

george herbert mead

this sociologist argues that the self has two dimensions:

"I" is a subjective element and the active site of the self.

"Me" is the objective element of the self.

I

is a subjective element and the active site of the self.

Me

is the objective element of the self

Gerry Lanuza (2004)

stated that in modern societies the attainment and stability of self identity is freely chosen however, problems of alienation and dehumanization of self appear.

hence, there is a need to discover the "authenti core."

Jean Baundrillard

this sociologist emphasize the cultural practices of advertising and mass media. therefore, the self may been never ending search for prestige in the postmodern society.