ANTHROPOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE OF
THE SELF
But now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are
the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are
the work of Your hand.
Isaiah 64:8
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Man,-Creation-Of
What is anthropology?
What is anthropology?
The term “ Anthropology ”
• from two Greek words,
anthropos meaning human and
logos meaning study.
The study of human societies
and cultures and their development.
It is concerned with how cultural
and biological processes interact to
shape human experiences.
FOUR SUB Archaeology
FIELDS OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
Biological ANTHROPOLOGY Cultural
Linguistic
FOUR SUB FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
7NTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF
ARCHEOLOGY BIOLOGICAL CULTURAL LINGUISTICS
Examines the Looks into The study of a Examines the
remains of ancient Biological society’s culture language of a
and historical Development of through their belief group of people
human populations system, practices and its relation to
humans and their
to promote an and possessions. culture.
understanding of
contemporary
how humans variation. It
adapted to their studies the
environment and emergence of
developed. human and their
later evolution
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C U LT U R A L
I N F L U E N C E S T H AT
SHAPE THE SELF
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The different influences, factors, and forces shape the
self.
1. Self-concept - how a person view themselves and what they believe
about their skills. (self-esteem and self- image)
2. Age, sexual orientation, gender, and religion - are all constitutions
that might sway one's self-concept.
3. Self-esteem - describes a person's sense of self-worth or the value
they place on themself.
4. Self-image - builds through time and is impacted by the experiences
they have had.
T H E C U LT U R A L
CONSTRUCT OF
SELF AND
IDENTITY
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Egocentric Sociocentric
• The self is seen as an • The view of self is contingent
autonomous and distinct on situation or social setting
individual
• The self exists as an entity
• Each person is capable of only within the concrete
acting independently from situations or roles occupied
others by the person
• a personality dependent on
the social atmosphere.
Three-Phased Rite of Passage by Arnold Van Gennep
1. Separation Phase- in this phase, people detach from their
former identity to another. Ex: In a wedding, the bride walking down
the aisle to be “given away” by the parents to the groom
2. Liminality Phase- in this phase, a person transitions from one
identity to another. Ex: The wedding ceremony itself is the process
of transition of the bride and groom from singlehood to married
life.
3. Incorporation Phase- in this phase, the change in one's
status is officially incorporated.
Example:
The wedding reception and parties that celebrate the wedding serve as
the markers that officially recognize the bride and groom’s change
towards being husband and wife.
Anthony Wallace and Raymond
Fogelson- coined the term "identity
struggles"
Identity Struggles - interactions in which
there is a discrepancy between the identity a
person claims to possess, and the identity
attributed to that person by other
Self-identification - in order to attain
this, individuals have to overcome many
obstacles
C U LT U R A L D I F F E R E N C E S
When groups of people assign different meanings
to different life events and things
Geertz suggests two important ideas:
1. Culture should not be perceived only as “complexes of
concrete behavior patterns– customs, usages, traditions,
habit clusters, but as a set of control mechanisms – plans,
recipes, rules, instructions – for the governing behavior
2. Man is precisely the animal most desperately dependent upon such
extragenetic, outside-the-skin control mechanisms, such cultural
programs, for ordering his behavior
FILIPINO CULTURAL IDENTITY
Felipe M. de Leon, Jr.
Three Main Value Orientations Engendered by
core value of Kapwa
❑ FILIPINOS LOVE TO CONNECT, ESPECIALLY TO
❑ PEOPLE
❑ FILIPINOS LIKE TO EXPERIENCE THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL
❑ WHOLENESS OF LIFE
❑ FILIPINOS ARE HIGHLY PARTICIPATORY
I. FILIPINOS LOVE TO CONNECT, II. FILIPINOS LIKE TO EXPERIENCE
ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE THE
MULTIDIMENSIONAL WHOLENESS
• They are happy being together – OF
when they eat, sleep, work, LIFE
travel, pray, create or celebrate.
• The more we know about someone,
the greater our chance of finding
something in common with this
person
A FILIPINO IS NOT HAPPY JUST
KNOWING ANOTHER PERSON’S
NAME. HE WOULD
ALSO INQUIRE ABOUT HIS WORK,
HOMETOWN, RELATIVES, MARITAL
STATUS, EVEN HIS SALARY
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