Start studying The Sociological Perspective of Self: The self as a product of Society. A comparison of Post and Late Modern Views of self and society, and the corresponding purposes of social research Postmodern View of Society and Self -Globalisation destabilises social structures – Globalisation is an unpredictable process -Consumer culture is free from social structure and this is what informs most people's lives -Hyperreality is more important than… Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Is it a harmless fad or a dangerous sign of western society's growing narcissism? According to Gerry Lanuza, the self in the modern world societies is freely chosen because of the demand of the different societies where social contexts or issues are also belong. It also radicallly alters the general nature of daily life and the most personal aspects of human activity. Self and SocietySymbolic Interactionism 2. The smartphone self-portrait or 'selfie' has established itself a form of self-expression. Instead they produce goods to sell in the market. It is my position that the self is a social construction and is constructed in the modern/postmodern era much the same as it has been constructed in past eras. It also talks about the freedom, opportunities and problem of the self. The Self as a Product of Modern and Postmodern Societies. For example they go to market for groceries instead of owning gardens and animals. The earliest formulation of the self in modern psychology derived from the distinction between the self as I, the subjective knower, and the self as Me, the object that is known. Self and society 1. View The Self - Sociology.pptx from PHILO 1 at University of the Philippines Los Baños. Characteristics of Modern Society PERSPECTI VE: SOCIOLOGY The Self THE SELF AS A PRODUCT OF MODERN SOCIETY AMONG OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS THE Modern society is often called materialistic, where people no longer produce product for living. People don’t rely their own. To help understand how modern society developed, sociologists find it useful to distinguish societies according to their type of economy and technology. One of the most useful schemes distinguishes the following types of societies: hunting-and-gathering, horticultural, pastoral, agricultural, and industrial (Nolan & Lenski, 2009). Instead of considering society as a social environment, Society in the Self begins from the assumption that society works in the deepest regions of self and identity, as expressed in phenomena like self-sabotage, self-radicalization, self-cure, self-government, self-nationalization, and self-internationalization. the self, though the elements I consider would certainly be included in such a theory. 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