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An Organized and Established Social System That Meets One Or More Of A Society’s Basic Needs. Social Institutions. Family The Functions Of Family Families And Power Education The Functions Of School The Hidden Curriculum Religion The Functions Of Religion Can Religion Be Bad?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Social Institutions
Social InstitutionsFamilyFamily
The Functions Of Family
The Functions Of Family
Families And Power
Families And Power
EducationEducation
The Functions Of School
The Functions Of School
The Hidden Curriculum
The Hidden Curriculum
ReligionReligion
The Functions Of Religion
The Functions Of Religion
Can Religion Be Bad?
Can Religion Be Bad?
An Organized and Established Social
System That Meets One Or More Of A Society’s
Basic Needs
What S
ocie
ties
What S
ocie
ties
Need To
Survive
Need To
Survive
• • Replace Its Members
Replace Its Members::
Groups do this through procreation,
Groups do this through procreation,
conversion, or immigration
conversion, or immigration
• • Teach New Recruits
Teach New Recruits::
Groups do this through education,
Groups do this through education,
indoctrination, or informal interaction.
indoctrination, or informal interaction.
• • Produce/Distribute Goods
Produce/Distribute Goods::
Groups must satisfy members’ needs or face
Groups must satisfy members’ needs or face
discontent and disorder.
discontent and disorder.
• • Preserve Order:
Preserve Order:
Groups protect their members from both
Groups protect their members from both
internal and external threats.
internal and external threats.
• • Provide A Sense Of Purpose:
Provide A Sense Of Purpose:
Groups help members understand their value
Groups help members understand their value
to the society, providing motivation for them
to the society, providing motivation for them
to continue as members of it..
to continue as members of it..
The Functions Of FamilyThe Functions Of Family
To regulate sexual activityTo ensure that new babies survive to become
adult members of the societyTo ensure that children are socialized into the
norms and values of societyTo provide “economic” support for family
membersTo satisfy our emotional needs for love and
securityTo provide us with a sense of place and positionThe “Benchmark” Family Is The The “Benchmark” Family Is The Traditional Intact Nuclear Family Of A Traditional Intact Nuclear Family Of A Breadwinner Husband, Homemaker Breadwinner Husband, Homemaker
Wife, And Their Children Wife, And Their Children (Preferably A Boy And A Girl)(Preferably A Boy And A Girl)
Families And PowerFamilies And Power
Feminist Theory
“An analysis of women’s subordination for the
purpose of figuring out how to change it” (Gordon 1979)
The family is a central institution for the
reproduction of oppression through socialization and
role-making
Who controls the means of reproduction?
The Functions Of SchoolsThe Functions Of Schools
Manifest Functions
• Sorting and Selecting
• Teaching Cognitive Culture
• Teaching Normative Culture
• Teaching Civic Culture
Latent Functions
• Give Parents Free Day Care
• Help Us Find Mates
• Facilitate Social Reform
Cognitive Culture:
“The Three R’s”
Normative Culture:
“The Two R’s”Civic Culture:
Citizenship & Ideology
The Hidden CurriculumThe Hidden CurriculumConformity To Cultural Norms
Obedience To Authority
Following Rules
Competition
Honesty
Loyalty
Courtesy
Punctuality
Submissiveness
Cultural Integration
Nationalism & Patriotism
Conformity To Cultural Norms
Obedience To Authority
Following Rules
Competition
Honesty
Loyalty
Courtesy
Punctuality
Submissiveness
Cultural Integration
Nationalism & Patriotism
Schools Infuse The Teaching Of Basic
Information With Values, Norms, and Myths
Supportive Of Capitalism And Capitalists.
SCHOOLS SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ELITES
Reinforce Inequities By Reproducing
Them
Teach Skills Appropriate To Our Place
In The Society
Perpetuate The Status
Quo By Legitimizing
It
Generate Norms That
Maintain The Status Quo
The Functions Of ReligionThe Functions Of Religion
EconomicsEconomics
“The first form of
economic cooperation”
CultureCulture
Poetry, speeches, literature,
music
EducationEducation
Schools and colleges
PoliticsPolitics
The “priests” became
politicians
MediaMedia
Locations of amusement
and publishing
The Black church provides “social intercourse, it provides amusements of various kinds, it serves as a The Black church provides “social intercourse, it provides amusements of various kinds, it serves as a newspaper and intelligence bureau, it supplants the theater, it directs the picnic and excursion, it newspaper and intelligence bureau, it supplants the theater, it directs the picnic and excursion, it
furnishes the music, it introduces the stranger to the community, it serves as a lyceum, library, and furnishes the music, it introduces the stranger to the community, it serves as a lyceum, library, and lecture bureau—it is, in fine the central organ of the organized life of the American Negro.” (W.E.B. lecture bureau—it is, in fine the central organ of the organized life of the American Negro.” (W.E.B.
DuBois 1867)DuBois 1867)
Creates and Reinforces Both Social Solidarity & Social Creates and Reinforces Both Social Solidarity & Social Control Primarily Through Control Primarily Through BeliefBelief, , RitualRitual, and , and ExperienceExperience
Creates and Reinforces Both Social Solidarity & Social Creates and Reinforces Both Social Solidarity & Social Control Primarily Through Control Primarily Through BeliefBelief, , RitualRitual, and , and ExperienceExperience
Can Religion Be Bad?Can Religion Be Bad?
Legitimates The Status QuoLegitimates The Status Quo Legitimates The Status QuoLegitimates The Status Quo
Religion doesn’t bring the society together. It legitimates the things that make us different.
Religion portrays the authority/power of the upper classes as just.
Religion is useful as a tool to legitimate oppression.
Judaism’s Torah: "Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you ; they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life.
Judaism’s Torah: "Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you ; they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life.
Islam’s Qu’ran: “Men are in charge of women. Hence good women are obedient. As for those whose rebelliousness you fear, admonish them, banish them from your bed, and scourge them." Islam’s Qu’ran: “Men are in charge of women. Hence good women are obedient. As for those whose rebelliousness you fear, admonish them, banish them from your bed, and scourge them."
Christianity’s New Testament: “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.”
Christianity’s New Testament: “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.”