There is no such thing as society. Discuss, using contemporary society as examples.
Society is defined as:" A human community, usually with a relatively fixed territorial location, sharing a common culture and common activities. There is cultural and institutional interdependence between members of the society and they are, to some extent, differentiated from other communities and groups. Societies are generally identified as existing at the level of nation states, but there can be regional and cultural communities within nation states that possess much of the cultural distinctiveness and relative self-sufficiency of societies". (Online dictionary of social sciences) Merriam-Webster defines society as "an enduring and co-operating social group whose members have developed organised patterns of relationships through interaction with one another" (Merriam-Webster PG). In light of a description such as this, one may readily argue the fact that contemporary society does not exist. Clearly, mankind has reached an apex of incompatibility, inasmuch as racial, political, economic and social intolerance is at an all-time high. The effects of individualistic tendencies within society and the fact that people are too concerned with their own well being to provide for those less fortunate serves to highlight this. Whi
As humans embark upon the twenty-first century, it will continue to be a challenge to sociologists to "gain a greater understanding" (Anonymous humbeh.html) of how human behaviour is shaped by outer influences, as well as evolutionary ones. A new concept of absentee socialisation has crept up within the daily routine that gives pause to the true meaning of the word. It has been established that modern society is under the spell of what has been termed McDonaldisation: "the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of society as well as the rest of the world" (Vissner 38ff). This means that society's socialisation skills are becoming more homogenised, and fleeting with regard to their sincerity and integrity, a concept duly noted just by watching the interaction between adolescents and the elderly. The impact of McDonaldisation upon the social structural is extremely significant; not only has it left a negative mark upon daily human interaction, but it has also done the same with regard to the very identity of each individual. Modern society has come to apply a method of rationalisation to its way of thinking; there has come to be an "ends/means" (Keel:mcdonsoc.html) mentality, which is now an integral aspect of today's routine socialisation. This is effectively demonstrated by the methods of the fast-food industry, among others, in that it extends the rationalisation process even further into "the realm of everyday interaction and individual identity" (Keel:mcdonsoc.html) Merriam-Webster: Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
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