CRITIQUE OF DOMINANT

APPROACHES IN SOCIAL
SCIENCE
PHILIPPINE CONTEXT
 INTRODUCTION
This discussion aims to:
interpret personal and social
experiences using relevant approaches
in the Social Sciences
evaluate the strengths and/or
weaknesses of each approach
DOMINANT APPROACHES OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE
Structural-Functionalism Feminism
Marxism Hermeneutical
Symbolic-Interactionism
Phenomenology
Psychoanalysis
Rationalism
Institutionalism
 STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALISM
sees society as a complex system whose parts
work together to promote solidarity and stability.
 MARXISM
A system of economic, social, and political philosophy based on
ideas that view social change in terms of economic factors.

Source:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/Marxism.html
Id is one of three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in
Sigmund Freuds structural model of the psyche. Id, together
with the other two, ego and super-ego, form Freuds
hypothetical mutually-counter-balancing psychical forces within
the human mind.
 According to Zafra, whilst the appeal of Dutertes supposedly
objectionable platform is understandable, his supporters fail to
take into account the reality that a healthy psyche is
characterised by rational thought the super-ego serving as
a check on the basic instincts that the id embodies. Thus, the
super-ego works in contradiction to the id. The super-ego strives
to act in a socially appropriate manner, whereas the id just wants
instant self-gratification. The super-ego controls our sense of
right and wrong and guilt. It helps us fit into society by getting us
to act in socially acceptable ways.
 SYMBOLIC-INTERACTIONISM
the view of social behavior that emphasizes
linguistic or gestural communication and its
subjective understanding, especially the role of
language in the formation of the child as a social
being.
 PSYCHOANALYSIS
Id is one of three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in
Sigmund Freuds structural model of the psyche. Id, together
with the other two, ego and super-ego, form Freuds
hypothetical mutually-counter-balancing psychical forces within
the human mind.
According to Zafra, whilst the appeal of Dutertes supposedly
objectionable platform is understandable, his supporters fail to
take into account the reality that a healthy psyche is
characterised by rational thought the super-ego serving as
a check on the basic instincts that the id embodies.
 Thus, the super-ego works in contradiction to the
id. The super-ego strives to act in a socially
appropriate manner, whereas the id just wants
instant self-gratification. The super-ego controls
our sense of right and wrong and guilt. It helps us
fit into society by getting us to act in socially
acceptable ways. (2016)
 RATIONAL CHOICE/ RATIONALISM
a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and
knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
"scientific rationalism"
PHILOSOPHY
the theory that reason rather than experience is the foundation of certainty in
knowledge.
THEOLOGY
the practice of treating reason as the ultimate authority in religion.
 INSTITUTIONALISM
Institutional theory is a theory on the deeper and more
resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the
processes by which structures, including schemes, rules,
norms, and routines, become established as
authoritative guidelines for social behavior. Different
components of institutional theory explain how these
elements are created, diffused, adopted, and adapted
over space and time; and how they fall into decline and
disuse.
 FEMINIST THEORY/ FEMINISM
the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the
equality of the sexes.
HERMENEUTICAL PHENOMENOLOGY
The basic tenet of hermeneutic phenomenology is that our most
fundamental and basic experience of the world is already full of meaning
(Merleau-Ponty, 1962/ 2006; van Manen, 2014). We are enmeshed in our
world and immediately experience our world as meaningful because our
worldwith its other people, its histories and cultures, and its events
precedes any attempt on our part to understand it or explain it. The
purpose of hermeneutic phenomenological research is to bring to light
and reflect upon the lived meaning of this basic experience. Researchers
attempts to describe phenomena as they appear in everyday life before
they have been theorized, interpreted, explained, and otherwise
abstracted, while knowing that any attempt to do this is always tentative,
contingent, and never complete.
 MEMBERS
John Henry Paras
Catherine Parana
Joy Catina
Raziel Jeremy Azaa
Jhervin Paul Jauod
CRITIQUE OF DIFFERENT
APPROACHES IN SOCIAL
SCIENCE
PHILIPPINE CONTEXT