Module 4:Conceptualizing the relationship between man and society
  Lecture 7: Man and Society : The Nature of Crisis
 

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISE

  • Is man a social robot? Are all his thoughts and actions determined by situation and norms?

  • What are usually the circumstances in which man’s actions can deviate from norms?

  • What is socialization? Does it go on throughout life?

  • What observations show that there is a big social crisis ahead?

  • What are typically the life goals in India?

  • What does study of perceptions of barriers in people’s goal attainment show?

  • What is the difference between values and norms?

  • Can man be moral in an immoral society? What is Saran’s understanding of the connection between individual morality and social morality in Gandhian theory of society?

  • What could be personal and psychological reasons behind deviance? Have they any connection with society?

  • What does the relationship between man’s dreams and ideas and social structure tell about constructing a harmonious society?