Module 10: Possibilities of transformationtion
  Lecture 29:Transforming Society and Self
 

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISE

  • What is the meaning of social change? Do all types of changes in society connote social change?

  • What is social structure? Give an example of change in social structure.

  • What are different sources of social change?

  • What do you understand by social movement?

  • In what sense do neo-social movements differ from old social movements?

  • What do the feminists want? Do all feminists see the future in the same way?

  • What are possibilities of perfectibility of society?

  • Develop the idea of a perfect society and suggest what you can do to help society move in that direction.

  • What problems has postmodernization created for justice?

  • Place yourself in the virtual society of your image. Do you think that you are happier there than you are at present? Can the social transformation in the desired direction make you unhappy in some way?