Society exists only as a mental concept, in the real world there are only individuals. – Oscar Wilde

Introduction to society

By Elizabeth H. Elys : According to sociologist, a society is a group of people with common territory, interaction and culture.

People of same society share aspects of their culture, such as language or beliefs.

Culture refers to the language, value, beliefs, behavior and material objects that constitute a people’s way of life. It is a defining element of society.

The United States and Canada is society composed of many groups of people, some of whom originally belonged to other societies. We call this mentioned a pluralistic SOCIETY, meaning it is built of many groups.

As societies modernize, they attract people from different countries, where there may be economic hardship, political unrest or religious persecution.

Many people came to USA and Canada between the mid-19^th and mid-20th centuries. Fleeing and religious persecution, these immigrants from Europe and Asia helped create the pluralism.In pluralistic societies, groups do not have to give up all of their former believes and practices. Many groups within a pluralistic society retain their ethnic traditions.

In 19^th century anthropologists began compiling detailed description of primitive societies, African, North American Indian, Polynesian and many others.Primitive Culture refers to a society believed to lack cultural, technological, or economic sophistication or development. 

Medieval Society was governed by laws, it had rules, and the people had rights and obligations. There was a legal framework of land tenure, taxation and fiscal immunities. The Feudal system had laws regarding the relationship between lords and peasants and between the SEIGNEURS and the monarch.

Any society requires some sort of army force and the Middle Ages one is no different.

Military organization was based on the corps of hereditary aristocracy and their household, but also including bodies of professional soldiers. In medieval society the CHURCH played a huge role.                               

A SOCIETY – is generally considered modern when it is industrialized. Other factors include literacy, being a nation-state and urbanization.The term “traditional Society refers to community that is deeply rooted in the past and often engaged in ritualistic or customary practices.

The good life is possible only through society. Society is a natural institution. Man is essentially a social and political animal. According to Plato, the aim of the good society is neither freedom, nor economic well-being. The aim of the good society is Justice. Justice is an object of knowledge. Education must be for everyone, is the most important, (the true and the good) this will be most conducive to the good society.

Plato’s book REPUBLIC was written in approximately 380 BC. Applying   his notions of a justice SOCIETY, Plato claimed to construct an “ideal city.”