Teaching Plan 08AR1508 Humanities Instructor/ Faculty member:
Soumini
MAN AND SOCIETY [2HRS]
PLANET MAN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SPECIFIC SOCIETIES COMMON
CULTURE
SHARING AND INTER-DEPENDENCE
3 MAIN TYPES OF SOCIETY: TRIBAL, AGRARIAN AND INDUSTRIAL
TRIBAL SOCIETY:
o A SOCIAL GROUP IN WHICH THERE ARE MANY CLANS, NOMADIC
BANDS,
VILLAGES/SUB-GROUPS WHICH HAVE A DEFINITE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, A
SEPARATE
LANGUAGE, A SINGULAR AND DISTINCT CULTURE AND COMMON
POLITICAL
ORGANISATIONS
o CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS: Common territories; sense of unity;
common language;
endogamous; blood relationship; political organisation;
importance of religion
o Economic activity: hunting and food gatherers
o Women take care of children, take care of home, gather and
prepare food.
o Men fight enemies and hunt
o Devoid of institutions of private properties
AGRARIAN SOCIETY
o SOCIETIES CLASSIFIED ON THE BASIS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INTO
AGRARIAN AND
INDUSTRIAL
o NEOLITHIC PERIOD 13000YRS AGO DOMESTICATION OF PLANTS AND
ANIMALS
FOUNDATION OF AGRARIAN SOCIETY
o FEATURES: OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE; LAND OWNERSHIP; COMMUNITY
SYSTEM;
DIVISION OF LABOUR; ROLE OF FAMILY; SIMPLICITY AND
UNIFORMITY
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
o INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AFFECTING SOCIAL STRUCTURE
o PRIOR TO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: WORKERS SECURED THEIR RAW
MATERIALS;
OWNED THEIR TOOLS; OWN TIME; DETERMINED QUALITY AND
QUANTITY;
CONTROLLED BY TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY MORALS
o INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: CONTROLLED RESOURCES, SECURED RAW
MATERIALSS,
WORKERS TO PRODUCE GOODS, CREATION OF LABOUR FORCE
o FEATURES: EMERGENCE OF MODERN FAMILY; ECONOMIC
INSTITUTIONS;
OCCUPATIONAL SUB CULTURES; SOCIAL MOBILITY; STATUS OF
CONTRACT;
POSITION OF WOMEN; SPEED; COMPETITIONS, EXPLOITATION;
INDIVIDUALISM
