TOPIC 2

Self as Product of Modern Society, Gerry Lanuza

According to ______, modernization offers us endless opportunities to delocalize ourselves or detach ourselves from the limitations posted by the society before (racism, discrimination, etc.).

Self as Product of Modern Society, Modern society

_______ has given us the freedom to choose our own identity.

Friedrich Nietzsche

______ was not a sociologist but another philosopher, but he also had an inclination to a sociological perspective.

Self as a Necessary Fiction, Friedrich Nietzsche

He viewed the self as the sum of an individual's actions, thoughts, and feelings (a representation) that we project to other people.

necessary fiction

Friedrich Nietzsche believed that everyone needs some ______ in life to keep us from the chaos of changing world.

Self as a Necessary Fiction

This refers to our firmly held beliefs or opinions about what feelings and behaviors mean at a given time.

Post-Modern View of the Self

our self-identity continuously change due to the demands of a multitude of social contexts, new information technologies, and globalization.

Post-Modern View of the Self, self-cultivation

It means the self is a narrative; a text written and rewritten and that we can freely choose what identity we want to have for _____.

Self as Artistic Creation

The self is viewed as an active, strategizing agent that negotiates for the definition of oneself.

Artistic creation

______ of oneself means giving one's life a form and meaning that does not simply follow established norms.

Self as Artistic Creation

Whether one is an artist or not, art is found in everyone's life expressed in their personal and non-conforming style of living. 

collective identity

Self creation is also influenced by our _____

Collective identity

refers to one's way of defining himself/herself in relation to others and the outside world, i.e., identities that are socially influenced

Self Creation and Struggle for Cultural Identity

Pluralized selves and collective identity greatly contribute to one's sense of self.

Self Creation and Struggle for Cultural Identity

But sometimes, one's cultural identity could also fuel some issues concerning one's sense of personal identity and feelings of belongingness. 

Sociologists

____ study human societies and all the processes involved in their interaction that contribute to their development by examining the dynamics of its components such as communities, institutions, populations, age groups, and races

George Herbert Mead. social self, social

emergent

_______ is well-known for his

theory of the ______, which is based on the

central argument that the self is a ____.

Theory of Social Self

The social conception of the self entails that individual

selves are the products of social interaction and not the

logical or biological preconditions of that interaction.

Language

allows individuals to take on the “role of

the other” and allows people to respond to his or her

own gestures in terms of the symbolized attitudes of

others.

Theory of Social Self

During ____, individuals take on the roles of other

people and pretend to be those other people in

order to express the expectations of significant

others.

game

In the ______, the individual is required to internalize

the roles of all others who are involved with him or

her in the ____ and must comprehend the rules of

the ____.

I

spontaneous, driving force that fosters

all that is novel, unpredictable, and

unorganized in the self

Me

objective self; the image of self

seen when one takes the role of the other

family

Sociologists focus on the different institutions

and powers play in the society, the most

prominent is the _____

Self in Families

The kind of family that we are born in, the

resources available to us, and the kind of

development that we will have will affect us as

we go through life.

Family

______ serves as basis of person’s progress.