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• Anthropology


  A pioneering Social Science discipline that helps us to understand our holistic identity
• Anthropos


  Latin word meaning man
• Logos

  Greek word meaning to study
• Anthropology deals with all aspects of human beings including their biological evolution and social and cultural features
• Physical anthropology

  • Focuses on the biological and evolutionary framework of humanity
  • Provides greater information and details about human evolution
• Branches of anthropology

  • Social anthropology
  • Psychological anthropology
  • Linguistic anthropology
  • Cultural anthropology
  • Archaeology
• Archaeology

  Investigates prehistoric cultures as its primary focus
• Archaeology has been an essential part of anthropology since it became a separate and distinct discipline in the end of the 19th century
• The material remains or artifacts helped social scientists to validate, describe, and analyze the kind of culture and society humans made through the course of history
• Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published


  1859
• Darwin's work boosted the passion of all scientists in different fields
• Historical particularism

  Assumes that each society has a unique and different form of culture that cannot be incorporated under a predominant culture
• Cultural relativism

  The complexity of all culture whether primitive or not
• Culture

  Comes from the Latin word cultura, meaning cultivation
• Edward B. Tylor: '"Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, law, custom, and all aspects of man as a member of society"'
• Areas of Political Science

  • Political Theory
  • Public Law
  • Public Administration
  • Political Dynamics
  • Government and Business
  • Legislatures and Legislation
  • International Relations
  • International Law
  • Comparative Government
• Political Science

  A discipline in social science concerned primarily with the state, government, and politics
• Political


  Comes from the Greek word "polis" meaning city-state
• Science

  Comes from the Latin word "scire" meaning to know
• Political science focuses widely on political theory and its practice and the analysis of political systems and behavior
• Political science has a complex history
• Its earlier form can be traced from the workings of the ancient Greek political philosophy of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
• Modern political philosophers explained the transition of Western societies from savagery toward a democratic commonwealth
• Political Theory

  Deals with the accumulation of principles identifying with the basis, structure, conduct, and operations of the state
• Public Law

  Pertains to laws or ordinances which control the framework of public governance
• Public Administration

  Studies civil service and governance
• Political Dynamics


  Concerned with the relationship of different societal forces that dictate political opportunities and actions
• Government and Business

  Gives importance to the regulatory and governmental function to corporate or business entities concerning the national economy
• Legislatures and Legislation

  Explains the process, composition, and organization of legislature
• International Relations

  Includes inquiries into the nation-states' foreign policy in their mutual ties
• International Law

  A system of agreements and treaties that entails responsibilities of one state to another
• Comparative Government

  Studies and analyzes the general structure of governments of all countries