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Society refers to the complex network of social relationships between individuals, not just a mere congregation of people. It is abstract in nature, existing in individuals' minds through reciprocal awareness between members. A key aspect of society is the system of social relationships, which implies awareness of others and an ability to work together for common goals. When people live together and develop mutual relationships through social processes like cooperation, competition, and conflict, the relationships that form around these create the abstract concept of society.

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Society

Society refers to the complex network of social relationships between individuals, not just a mere congregation of people. It is abstract in nature, existing in individuals' minds through reciprocal awareness between members. A key aspect of society is the system of social relationships, which implies awareness of others and an ability to work together for common goals. When people live together and develop mutual relationships through social processes like cooperation, competition, and conflict, the relationships that form around these create the abstract concept of society.

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Society refers not to a group of people but to the complex pattern of the norms or interaction or

relationships that arise among them. People exist only as an agent of social relationships. Mere
congregation of individuals does not constitute society. Rather society refers to the complicated
network of social relationships by which every individual is interrelated with his fellowmen. Hence
Society is abstract, not concrete, in nature. We can’t touch it but fill it. Because society resides in the
minds of individual.

Society is a process of living not a thing, a motion rather than structure. A system of social relationships
is the most important aspect of society. Not all relationships are social. A social relationship implies
reciprocal awareness among individuals. This reciprocal awareness direct and indirect are the
characteristic of every social relationship. This idea of reciprocal awareness is implied in F.H. Giddings
definition of society i.e. “a number of like-minded individuals, who know and enjoy their like-
mindedness and are, therefore, able to work together for common ends.” Thus elements of society
exists in the ‘Consciousness of Kind’ of Giddings, ‘we feeling’ of Cooley or ‘a common propensity of W.I.
Thomas.

When more than one individual live together and mutual relationship develop among them and
different social processes like mutual co-operation, competition and conflict constantly take place in
society. The relationships established around these create society. Here exists blood relationship
between parents and children, brothers and sisters.

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