The Human Person in Society

• Karl Marx - One of the primary thinkers that led to the creation of the concept of “communism.”
• Plato suggests in his work, ‘The Republic,’ that an ideal state can only be led by only a great philosopher
• Emile Durkheim was a French Social Scientist who was greatly influenced by the sufferings of France and, from his view, the mistakes of capitalism and the advent of technology.
• Hunting-gathering societies People were scavengers and hunters. Nomads who fished and swam the seas and rivers to look for food. Humans were the apex predator.
• Pastoral societies People learned domestication and stayed in an area.
• Horticultural societies Humans learned to cultivate lands and to grow plants.
• Agricultural societies

  Through conquest, more territories meant the rise of empires. Food became an important component
• Industrial societies

  Factories became common with the advent of reliable energy sources.
• Post-industrial societies Also known as the Information Age, wherein more people became connected via the internet
• Religion The primary purpose of religion is to provide structure to the spiritual/supernatural beliefs of the society
• Government The main goal of the government in a society is to regulate the behavior of the citizens by providing laws that address the community
• Education Knowledge, in all its forms, must be transferred to preserve our cultural identity
• Economics’ main goal is to distribute resources within the community
• Family is the basic unit of society.
• Interpersonal Level – This level primarily deals with changes as humans interact with one another.
• Constructive Level – This level deals primarily with how we interact with society at large and therefore are changed by it.
• Systemic Level – This level deals with how we, as a collective unit, maintain our society.