Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
This course introduces students to the sociological ways of understanding reality and to basic concepts in
anthropology. The focus is on the fields’ major concepts, the dialectic between self and society in space and time, and the
various perspectives taken to interpret the social world as it evolved in the past and continues to evolve through the
present. A greater attention will be devoted to theoretical frameworks of understanding the basic concepts of culture and
society in the field but, nonetheless, the links between theory and reality shall be delineated and explored to illuminate the
weakness and strengths of each framework. At all times, therefore, the instructor shall take extra care in the Philippine
setting. Lectures, discussions, and class presentations will comprise the bulk of the classes.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Know what the sociological/ anthropological perspective is, its assumptions and scientific basis, and how it is used in
approaching and understanding social phenomenon;
2. Possess adequate knowledge on the evolution of humans and of culture, as well as current theories explaining these
evolutionary patterns;
3. Know and understand the dynamics of social organizations including culture, structure, and institutions in the context of
cross-culture analysis;
4. Grasp adequately the concepts of socialization and social control, the dialectics of the individual and society, and the
social construction of reality;
5. Substantiate the above concepts in current sociological and anthropological research particularly in the Philippine setting.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
PRELIMS COVERAGE
WEEK 1
B. Anthropological Holism
1. What is Anthropology? (The holistic science; Physical Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology and the sub-fields thereof)
2. Anthropology in the Philippines experience (Current trends in the Philippine anthropological research)
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
A. Human Evolution
1. The evolution of Evolutionary Theory
2. The Fossil Record: From early primates to Homo Sapiens Sapiens
WEEK 4
B. Culture
1. Approaching Culture: Cultural Relativity and Ethnocentrism
2. The Components of Culture (Symbols; Language; Values and Beliefs; Norms; Ideal and Real Culture; Material Culture
and Technology)
3. Theoretical Analysis of Culture (Stuctural Functional Analysis; Social Conflict Analysis; Sociobiology)
4. Culture and Individual Freedom (Culture as Constraint; Culture as Freedom)
5. Globalization and Glocalization (A Global Culture: contributory factors and barriers)
WEEK 5
C. Social Structure
1. Theories on Society (Durkheim’s Functions of Society; The Marxist Model; Weber’s Disenchantment of the World)
2. Status and Role
3. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Goffman and Dramaturgy)
WEEK 6
III. SOCIALIZATION
1. The Socialization Process (Human Development: Nature and Nature; Theories on Socialization)
2. Agents of Socialization (Family, School, Peer Group, Mass Media)
3. Gender Socialization (Sex and Gender; Learning to Become Male and Female)
MIDTERM COVERAGE
WEEK 7
WEEK 8-9
V. SOCIAL INEQUALITY
A. Social Stratification
1. Dimensions of Social Inequality (Castes and Classes; The Devis-Moore Thesis; Marx and Weber on Class; Interpretative
Approaches)
2. Studies on Philippine Poverty
3. The Social Significance of Race and Ethnicity
4. Gender Stratification
WEEK 10-12
B. Global Stratification
1. Global Economic Development
2. Global Wealth and Poverty (Correlates: Technology. Population Growth, Cultural Patterns, Social Stratification, Gender
Inequality, and Global Power Relationships)
3. Global Inequality (Modernization Theory; Dependency Theory)
FINALS COVERAGE
WEEK 13
A. The Family
1. Basic concepts (Marriage; Typologies; Residential Patterns; Kinship Patterns)
2. Theoretical Considerations (Structural Functionalism; Social Conflict Analysis; Micro-level Analysis)
3. Issues and Developments (Divorce; Family Violence; Single Parenthood; Same Sex Marriages; In-vitro Fertilization)
WEEK 14
WEEK 15
WEEK 16
D. Education
1. The Functions of Schooling (Socialization; Cultural Innovations; Social Placement; Latent Functions)
2. Schooling and Social Inequality (Social Control; Tracking; Standardized Testing; Inequality Among Schools;
Credentialism)
3. Issues in Philippine Education
WEEK 17
WEEK 18
MAIN REFERENCES
Cordero, F. and Isabel Panopio, 1995, General Sociology: Focus On The Philippine Setting, Quezon City: Ken Inc.
Ember Carol and Melvin Ember, 1999, Anthropology, 9th Edition, Singapore: Prentice-Hall.
Henslin, James, ed., 1995, Down To Earth Sociology, New York: The Free Press.
Hunt, Chester, et al., 1998, Sociology in the Philippine Setting: a Modural Approach, Quezon City: SISB Publishing
House.
OTHER REFERENCES
Berner, Erhard, 1997, Definding a Place in the City: Localities and the Struggle for Urban Land in Metro Manila, Quezon
City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Borjie, Julie M. 1990, Towards a Person-Centered Community, Quezon City: Miriam College Graduate School.
Cargan, Leonard and Jeanne H. Ballantyne, 1985, Sociologial Footprints: Introductory Readings in Sociology, 3rd Edition,
Belmont, CA: Wadswoth)
Carrol, John J., 1968, Changing Patterns of Social Structure in the Philippines: 1896-1963, Quezon City: Ateneo de
Manila University Press.
Collins, Randall and Michael Makowsky, 1984, The Discovery of Society, New York: Random House.
Collins, Randall, 1983, Sociological Insights: An Introduction to Non-Obvious Sociology, New York: Oxford University
Press.
David, Randy, 1998, New Rules of Sociological Method: A Positive Critique of Interpretative Sociologies, Southern Illinois:
Polity Press.
Henslin, James, 1993, Sociology: A Down To Earth Approach, Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Jocano, F. Landa, 1997, Filipino Value System: A Cultural Definition, Manila: Punlad Research House.
Macionis, John and Nijole Benokraitis, 1992, Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in
Sociology, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Maquiso, Teresita, 1997, Socio-Anthro: and Introduction to the Social Sciences, Quezon City: Grandwater Publications.
McCoy, Alfred and Ed de Jesus (eds), 1998, Philippine Social History: Global Trade and Social Transformation, Quezon
City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Mulder, Niels, 2000, Filipino Images: Culture of the Public World, Quezon City: New Day Publishers.
______________, 1997, Inside Philippine Society: Interpretations of Everyday Life, Quezon City: New Day Publishers.
Pertierra, Raul, 1997, Explorations In Social Theory and Philippine Ethnography, Quezon City: University of the
Philippines Press.
Pertierra, Raul, 1995, Philippine Localities and Global Perspectives: Essays on Societies and Culture, Quezon City:
Ateneo de Manila University Press.
Tolibas-Nuñez, Peralita, 1997, Roots of Conflict: Muslims, Christians, and the Mindanao Struggle, Makati: Asian Institute
of Management.