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‭Chapter 4:‬ ‭Society and Social Interaction‬

‭Overview‬

‭This‬ ‭chapter‬ ‭explores‬ ‭the‬ ‭various‬ ‭types‬‭of‬‭societies,‬‭as‬‭well‬‭as‬‭the‬‭theoretical‬‭perspectives‬‭of‬‭society,‬ ‭including‬ ‭Emile‬ ‭Durkheim’s‬ ‭functionalism,‬ ‭Karl‬ ‭Marx’s‬ ‭conflict‬ ‭theory,‬ ‭and‬ ‭Max‬ ‭Weber’s‬ ‭symbolic‬ ‭interactionism.‬ ‭It‬ ‭also‬ ‭looks‬‭at‬‭social‬‭constructions‬‭of‬‭reality‬‭and‬‭the‬‭concept‬‭of‬‭status‬‭and‬‭role‬‭within‬ ‭sociological‬‭contexts.‬‭These‬‭topics‬‭help‬‭to‬‭explain‬‭how‬‭sociological‬‭principles‬‭shape‬‭our‬‭understanding‬ ‭of the world and influence our behavior‬‭and interactions.‬ ‭Learning Objectives‬ ‭●‬ ‭Discuss the different types of societies and how they interact with one another.‬ ‭●‬ ‭Explain‬ ‭the‬ ‭various‬ ‭theories‬ ‭of‬ ‭society‬ ‭and‬ ‭its‬ ‭structure,‬ ‭such‬ ‭as‬ ‭Durkheim’s‬ ‭functionalism,‬ ‭Marx’s conflict theory, and Weber’s symbolic interactionism.‬ ‭●‬ ‭Understand how social constructions of reality shape and influence our interactions with others.‬ ‭●‬ ‭Describe‬ ‭and‬ ‭analyze‬ ‭the‬ ‭different‬ ‭statuses‬ ‭and‬ ‭roles‬ ‭within‬ ‭society‬ ‭and‬ ‭how‬ ‭they‬‭can‬‭shape‬ ‭individual actions and responses.‬ ‭A. Types of Societies‬ ‭Sociologist‬ ‭Gerhard‬ ‭Lenski‬ ‭defined‬ ‭society‬ ‭in‬ ‭terms‬ ‭of‬ ‭technological‬ ‭complexity.‬ ‭As‬ ‭discussed‬ ‭in‬ ‭Chapter‬‭3,‬‭when‬‭society‬‭advances,‬‭the‬‭use‬‭of‬‭technology‬‭advances‬‭as‬‭well.‬‭There‬‭are‬‭three‬‭main‬‭types‬ ‭of‬ ‭society,‬ ‭which‬ ‭include‬ ‭a‬ ‭variety‬ ‭of‬ ‭forms‬ ‭within‬ ‭each‬ ‭type—‬ ‭early‬ ‭(hunter-gatherer‬ ‭and‬ ‭pastoral‬ ‭societies),‬ ‭developing‬ ‭(horticultural,‬ ‭agricultural,‬ ‭or‬ ‭feudal‬ ‭societies),‬ ‭and‬ ‭advanced‬ ‭(industrial‬ ‭and‬ ‭post-industrial societies).‬ ‭Table 23 - 4: Types of societies‬ ‭By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:‬

‭Pre-Industrial‬ ‭These societies came before the evolution of large machinery to help with mass production.‬

‭●‬ ‭Existed since the beginning of human life.‬ ‭●‬ ‭Men‬‭typically‬‭hunt‬‭large‬‭game‬‭for‬‭food,‬‭while‬‭women‬‭and‬‭children‬‭gather‬‭edible‬ ‭plants;‬ ‭nomadic‬ ‭and strongly dependent on the environment.‬

‭Hunter-gatherers‬

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