All people are members of society. Of course, society has its own characteristics, laws of development, which obey the individualities inside the society. However, the very concept of “society” may not be synonymous with the word “society”, but rather be something else.
For example, a group of people united by common hobbies or goals is also a “society." Even every single family is a “society." A class in a school, a group in a kindergarten are also a society. The audience attending a concert or theatrical performance, while in the hall, is a separate society. And in each of these examples of “societies” one can trace the presence of their own characteristics, rules, laws of development, and other elements characteristic of social structures.
What is a "society"?
Society is a broader concept than society. This is a group of people united by common views, goals, needs, interests, or something else. Society can become a society. An example of such a metamorphosis is the settlement of the Old Believers, whose inhabitants do not contact the rest of the world without special need.
Each human society has its own model for building internal relations between people and certain conventions, laws, cultural values. Members of society by their vital activity form its foundations, traditions, rites and customs, which, in turn, become the basis for building a model of social relations.
What is a "member of society"?
Each person is an individual who combines social and biological principles. To implement the social component, a person needs union with other people, as a result of which a society is formed.
That is, members of society are the people who form it. At the same time, each person can leave society or be rejected by him, contribute to its development or change. That is, a person is a member of society, adopting its laws and regulations, endowed with certain duties and rights, and also responsible to other people for their observance.
What is included in this concept?
The social essence of a person is determined by a set of qualities that make up such a concept as “personality”. A person is often confused with another concept - “individual”. Individuality includes slightly different characteristics, namely, all those traits that a person inherited at birth, from nature, that is, biological qualities. Individuality includes - height, weight, race, nationality, eye color, hair structure and other similar nuances.
A personality is a combination of qualities that allow an individual to become a member of society. That is, the concept of personality includes skills, knowledge, acquired skills and experience, beliefs and more. Even civic position is one of the constituent parts of an individual.
Individuality is given to people initially, from birth, but the personality is formed in the process of training, contacts with people, that is, other members of society participate in its formation. Outside of society, the formation of personality is impossible.
That is, the concept of "member of society" includes a combination of personal and individual characteristics of a person. Personal qualities always correspond to the ideas accepted in society, laws, rules and other things, since they are formed under its influence. Personality formation is not limited by age. For example, when leaving for a permanent residence in another country, a person changes society. In the process of development in a new society, he acquires any personality traits, losing those that are not required.
What is the classification of societies?
All associations of people can be classified according to the main features in a particular area. For example, societies of fans of certain types of art can be classified according to interests that unite people.
According to the same principle, sociologists classify societies:
- by the presence or absence of writing;
- by type of social relations and state structure;
- in the main occupations of people;
- by ethnicity;
- by language groups;
- professed religion;
- by degree of contact with other societies;
- on the structure of the political, management system.
This list can be continued, societies are classified in accordance with cultural values, and the tools used, and the degree of development of technology. A society can be classified according to any of its defining features.
How do society and personality interact?
The society is always focused on meeting every need of members of society. That is, it is about satisfying the needs of most individuals whose integration into society has become the basis for society.
It is the needs of individuals who are at the origins of the formation of society, and go into traditions, moral standards, customs and foundations, and other parameters that characterize society.
If the internal needs of the individual person do not match those experienced by the majority, one has to change society or adapt to the existing one. That is, if a person is not satisfied with the state system of the country, for example, socialism, he can either move or come to terms. The society is focused on every need of its members, but only most of them.
Each person also has responsibilities in relation to society. That is, the interaction of society and the individual is built on the principle of mutual cooperation. Each person gives something to society, and in return uses the opportunities provided by society.
What are the responsibilities?
Each person individually and all members of society together have certain obligations. Their list can be represented in the form of the following general postulates:
- protect and enhance cultural and other heritage;
- work for the good of society;
- to benefit in the process of development of society;
- comply with the laws, rules, standards of conduct, traditions.
The duties of each person in relation to the society in which he lives are to preserve the accumulated experience, knowledge, skills and other things, transfer this social base to descendants. But besides preserving what has already been acquired. Each member of the society is obliged to contribute to its further development.
What are the rights?
The rights of a member of society lie in the opportunity to enjoy the common benefits and achievements of society. By this you need to understand literally everything that a person uses in life. For example, the benefits provided by the society of the individual are transport, communications, medical facilities, shops, hairdressers, the press, amenities and more. Even cities are a blessing provided by society.
That is, everything that is created by people within the framework of being in society is an achievement, a good of society. And each member of the society has the right to use these achievements.
In addition to these rights, there are others that are enshrined in law in every society. That is, this is the right to work, freedom of speech and so on. Human rights in society are naturally limited by their duties towards other people, that is, to society.