Understanding the Self in Sociological Perspective
Channel: Payag ni Macapil
Date: 2020-10-08

Sociology

Each of us experiences ourselves as being a ‘self’. We are aware of being someone with a past, a present and a future, all of which affect who we are. We are also aware of the distinctive facets of our character that seem to have been constant since childhood, and make us the individual and unique person that we are. But as a ‘self’ we are not only aware of inhabiting a distinctive personal world, but also distinct social and cultural worlds. We are who we are because of our relationships to others – because we are a mother or a son, a husband or a friend, a student or a teacher. We are also who we are through belonging to different communities and our membership of other groups that reflect, construct and sustain our identity.