Understanding Social Sciences: Key Concepts and Theories

Key Concepts in Social Sciences

• Individual: Refers to a specific entity within a subject. It doesn't necessarily mean a human but can be any complete being belonging to a species, whether animal or vegetable.
• Society: In a broad sense, encompasses all individuals who interact, sharing common purposes, behaviors, or cultural traits.
• Social Intelligence: Also known as "intelligence sharing," it emerges from the interaction between people.
• Social Status: The position an individual occupies within the social structure, as evaluated by society. Each status is associated with prestige, consideration, remuneration, living standards, and social power.
• Roles: A set of norms and standards of conduct for an individual, based on their status, class, or social position.
• Social Group: A group of people who interact because they share common rules, values, and purposes. They possess a shared identity.
• Society: A large number of individuals working together to satisfy their social needs and sharing a common culture.
• State: A form of political organization that establishes the political system of a society.

Comments on Social Facts

• Studies of social facts

Social Sciences: Understanding Social Facts

Abstract: The social sciences study social facts.

Theory: Sociology: The Individual and Society

Social Being: The Foundation of Humanity

Summary: Our human biology necessitates another birth, a social one, to become people.

Theory: Sociology: The Individual and Society

The Social Construction of Humanity

Summary: We develop as individuals through social interaction.

Theory: Individual-Society Relations

What is Social Status?

Summary: Social status is not based on economics but on a social concept of honor.

Theory: Systems of Social Interaction: Status and Roles

The Social Character of Individuality

Summary: The individual needs society to develop as a person.

Theory: Forms of Social Grouping: Group, Society, and State

State and Violence: A Sociological View

Abstract: From a sociological perspective, the state's specific medium is violence.

Theory: Forms of Social Grouping: Group, Society, and State

The Value of the Individual

Summary: The value of the individual, not individualism, is based on respect for human life.

Theory: Features of Social Organization at Present

Understanding Socialization

Summary: Defining socialization.

Theory: What is Socialization?

Paying Our Debt to Society

Summary: Individuals must first repay the debt owed to society.

Theory: Achievements and Social Responsibility

A Slow and Shared Construction

Abstract: Social intelligence and language are built and developed gradually through the whole group.

Theory: Conquest and Learning of Freedom

The Importance of Education

Summary: Education must be provided for the future to achieve cosmopolitan citizenship.

Theory: The Institutionalization of Education