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The Self, The Society,

and Culture
Have you ever questioned
yourself with this?
• Through the use and development of
technology and philosophy, there are new
ways, models, paradigms, systems to
reexamine and question the true nature
of the self.
It’s crucial and important for us
to understand ourselves, but…

• How do we relate to
the external world?
Do you know who he is?

A concrete example of the IMPACT of the


relationship and interaction of the SELF
with the EXTERNAL WORLD
This is because…

• We are products of our experiences


and interaction with others and the
external reality.
Goals for the Day
• To identify the different
Loci/Aspects of the self
• To know how much of our selves
are essential
• To determine how much of our
selves are products of our
society, community, and family
• To find out how much of our
selves would change in the future
What is the Self?
What is the Self?
• The Self is…
– separate
– self-contained
– independent
– consistent
– unitary
– private
Separate

• It means that the self


is distinct from other
selves.
SELF-CONTAINED AND
INDEPENDENT

• In itself it can
exist.
CONSISTENT
• It has a personality that is
enduring and therefore can be
expected to persist for quite some
time.
UNITARY
• It is the center of all experiences and
thoughts that run through a certain
person.
PRIVATE
• Refers to information, feelings and
emotions, and thought.
• What it might be?
• What it can be?
• What it will be?
The Self is also…
• Ever changing and
dynamic
Understanding the
vibrant relationship
between the self and
external reality.
• "Social constructionists argue for
a merged view of 'the person'
and 'their social context' where
the boundaries of one cannot
easily be separated from the
boundaries of the other."
(Stevens, 1996).
The Self and Culture
What comes to your mind when
you see a chameleon?
Chameleons…

• Do not have ear opening or outer ears,


but are not deaf
• Can detect sounds in the frequency range
from 200-600Hz
• Can view objects with either eye
independently, or with both eyes together
Chameleons have the ability to
change the color of their skin.
Marcel Mauss (1872-
1950)

Every self has two faces:


personne and moi.
PERSON
MOI
NE
Refers to a
Composed of
person’s sense
the social
of who he is, his
concepts of
body, and his
what it means to
biological
be who he is
givenness

It is a person’s
basic identity
Jon might have a moi but
certainly, he has to shift
personne
In the Philippines, Filipinos tend to
consider their territory as a part of
who they are. This includes
considering their immediate
surrounding as a part of them.
Language
The Filipino language is
interesting to talk about. The way
by which we articulate our love is
denoted by the phrase…
I
Ma
lov
hal
e
Kita
you
Expensi
ve MAHA Love
L

In our language, love is intimately bound with value,


with being expensive, being precious. Something
expensive is valuable. Someone whom we love is
valuable to us.

The Sanskrit origin of the word love is “lubh,” which


means desire. Technically, love is desire.

To Filipinos, love has another meaning, valuable.


Filipino language being
Gender-Neutral
The Self and the Development
of the Social World
• Questions to answer:
– How do people actively produce their
social worlds?
– How do children growing up become
social beings?
How does a Self’s society
change him/her?
• Society is believed to be in active
participation in the shaping of the
self.
The Role of Language
• The unending terrain of
metamorphosis of the self is
meditated by language. “language as
both a publicly shared and privately
utilized symbol system in the site
where the individual and the social
make and remake each other.”
(Schwartz, White, and Lutz 1993)
MEAD AND VYGOTSKY
• The way that human persons develop
is with the use of language
acquisition and interaction with
others.
How does communication affect
the self?
• They believed that the human mind
as something that is made,
constituted through language as
experienced in the external world
and as encountered in dialogs with
others.
How does this affect children?

• A young child internalizes values,


norms, practices, and social beliefs
and more through exposure to these
dialogs that will eventually become
part of his individual world.
Guess the Pic!
Self in Families
What is Family?
Human beings
are born
virtually
helpless
• Learning, therefore, is critical in our
capacity to actualize our potential of
becoming humans.
• 😎 Without a family, biologically and
sociologically, a person may not even
survive or become a human person.
Gender and the Self
• Gender is one of the loci of the self
that is subject to…

Alteration Change

Development
What is “Gender”?
• Gender refers to the
characteristics, behaviours, and
orientation a person has to find,
express, validate, and live his
identity.
• It refers to how a person expresses
his or her gender through words,
deeds, beliefs, and ideas.
• Gender partly determines how we
see ourselves in the world.
This leads us to… GENDER
ROLES
Analyze the picture, what does
this show about Gender roles?
What about those
“roles”?
• Nancy Chodorow, a feminist, argues that
from youth to old age, MATERIAL
OBJECTS and IDEAS play a huge role in
people’s gender development and
role orientation.
How is our gendered self
being shaped?
• It is shaped within a particular
context of time and space.
– It is according to the “era” of
society which a person lives in that
can give him/her freedom to
express his/her gender.
How do we find growth and development
through “Gender Identification”?

• An individual must fit, adapt, and


harmoniously interact with others to
achieve respect and self-
development.
Should Gender be dictated or
personally discovered?
• Gender has to be personally
discovered and expressed and
cannot be dictated by any culture nor
society.
After all…

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