Mead, Simmel, and Goffman: Self, Identity, and Social Roles
Mead’s Stages of the Self: I and Me
George Herbert Mead believed that other people play a significant role in how we view ourselves, but only certain people can influence our perception of self, and only during certain periods of life. Mead believed that infants and very young children are not influenced by others. Instead, he believed that young children see themselves as being the focus of their own world and, consequently, they don’t care about what other people think of them. However, Mead also
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Normalization Principle: Acceptance and Integration
The normalization principle emphasizes acceptance. It involves integrating people with disabilities into society, granting them equal rights, opportunities, and responsibilities. The goal is to provide conditions and lifestyles that closely resemble what is considered “normal” in society, allowing them to fully develop their personalities. This implies changing established social conditions. Only a different society can accommodate people who are
Read MoreHuman Evolution: Homo Sapiens and Culture
Homo Sapiens in Relation to Other Species
Aspects of Humanization (2)
As Homo sapiens began its slow but steady expansion across the globe, we are aware of their presence in South Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia, and a little later in America. They reached Europe about 40,000 years ago, where they entered an inhospitable territory occupied for 10,000 years by Neanderthals, with whom they shared and spread into Spain. The evolutionary explanations for their success lie in three specific
Read MoreInformation and Knowledge Societies: Impact of Technology
Information Society
The Information Society is a stage of social development characterized by the ability of its members (Users, Infrastructure, Contents) to create, access, and share information instantly, from anywhere, and in any desired manner.
Key Features
- Information is the primary resource and is multi-focal.
- Outsourcing is a prevalent characteristic.
- Complexity and media presence increase after automation.
Components
Users
Individuals or organizations accessing content or services offered through
Read MoreEducation in Colonial Chile: System and Challenges
First Letters
- Estates (only for Spanish immigrants): These were “massive” and had no limits on quantity.
- Spanish Education: Mostly for the middle class. The wealthiest classes generally preferred home study with a private teacher.
- Condition: Only for children of Spanish parents.
- Women’s Education: Typically in convents, focusing on religious instruction and housework.
- Private Schools: For the children of the Crown or those who could afford it.
- School Council or Actual (Public School):
Facilities were funded
Read MoreMinoan and Mycenaean Art: Origins of Greek Culture
The Origins in Crete and Mycenae
A. Cycladic and Cretan Art
Greek art did not arise suddenly. Instead, it is the product of a long process of formation in which some local influences are essential. These include Cycladic art and Cretan art, developed on the island of Crete.
Art developed in the Cycladic Islands during the third millennium BC, around these islands in the Aegean Sea. Its pieces bear little resemblance to the art which would later be developed in Greece, but there is, in any case, a constant
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