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:''A community, [[nation]], or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests.''<ref>http://m-w.com/dictionary/society</ref> | :''A community, [[nation]], or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests.''<ref>http://m-w.com/dictionary/society</ref> | ||
| − | The general use of society in common [[culture]] tends towards the second. Society is often differentiated along geographical/wordview, with terms such as Western society being popular. | + | The general use of the term 'society', in common [[culture]], tends towards the second definition above. Society is often differentiated along geographical/wordview, with terms such as Western society being popular. |
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| + | The most irreducible, or bio-historically original, meaning of the term 'society' is to that unit of multiple-human relationship without which there could be no other kinds of multiple-human relationship: male and female, one man and one woman, compatible as mates and as companions. The civil institution of [[marriage]] is for the preservation of that unit, within a world in which there exists ontological disharmonies between individuals. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 08:58, January 26, 2012
The Merriam-Webster dictionary give the definition of a society as:
- An enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another.
- A community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests.[1]
The general use of the term 'society', in common culture, tends towards the second definition above. Society is often differentiated along geographical/wordview, with terms such as Western society being popular.
The most irreducible, or bio-historically original, meaning of the term 'society' is to that unit of multiple-human relationship without which there could be no other kinds of multiple-human relationship: male and female, one man and one woman, compatible as mates and as companions. The civil institution of marriage is for the preservation of that unit, within a world in which there exists ontological disharmonies between individuals.