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(i)ASystemofsocialrelationship thefollowingpages:
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(ii)Likeness

Likenessisanessentialprerequisiteofsociety.MaclverSays,"Society
meanslikeness".Itexistsamongthelikebeings,likebodiedandlike
minded".Itislikenessorsimilarity,whichprovidesforunderstanding
eachbytheother.Anunderstandingofthissortliesattherootofour
friendship,intimacy,association,institutionandanysuchothertypeof
socialrelationship.Intheprimitivesociety,thesenseoflikenesswas
focusedonkinshipthatisrealorsupposedbloodrelationships.Butthe
scopeoflikenesshasbroadenedinmodernsocieties.Peopleestablish
similarsocialrelationshipsinasocietyonaccountofsimilartraditions,
folkways,moresetc.Thus,similarityorlikenessisthebasisofsociety.

(iii)Difference:

Societyalsoimpliesdifference.Ifindividualsareexactlyalike,their
socialrelationshipwouldbeverymuchlimited.Therewouldbelittle
reciprocity,littlegiveandtakeFamily,forexample,restsonbiological
differenceofsexes.Peopledifferfromoneanotherintheirattitude
ability,talentpersonalityetc.peopleperusedifferentactivitiesbecause
ofthesedifferences.

(iv)Interdependence:

Interdependenceisanotheressentialelementofsociety.Family,for
example,isbasedonthebiologicalinterdependenceofsexes.One
dependsupontheotherforthesatisfactionofone'sneeds.Todaynot
onlycountriesbutalsocontinentsdependupononeanother.

(v)CoOperationandConflict:

Societyisbasedoncooperation.Itistheverybasisofsociallife.Unless
peoplecooperatewitheachothertheycannotleadahappyand
comfortablelife.Nosocietycanbehealthyandprosperouswithoutco
operation.Familyrestsoncooperationwithoneanothertolivehappily.
InthewordsofP.Gisbertcooperationisthemostelementaryprocessof

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sociallifewithoutwhichsocietyisimpossible.Cooperationavoids
mutualdestructivenessandresultsineconomy.

Alongwithcooperation,thereisconflictinsociety.Itisthecauseof
evolution.Itmakesusthinkoftheprocessofstrugglethroughwhichall
thingshavecomeintoexistence.Maclversaysthat"Societyisco
operationcrossedbyconflict".

(iv)Culture

EverySocietyisuniquebecauseithasitsownculture.Cultureisathing
whichonlyhumanbeingspossess.Itreferstothesocialheritageofman.
Itincludesourattitude,moralvaluesbeliefs,ideas,ideologies,our
institutions,political,legaleconomic,oursciencesandphilosophies.The
memberofasocietysharesacommonculture.

(vii)Societyisabstract

Societyisanorganizationmarkedbydivisionoflabourofsomekindor
other.Itconsistsofsocialrelations,customs,lawsandmoresetc.These
socialrelationsareabstractandintangible.Itcannotbeseenortouched.
Itcanonlyberealized.Inthisway,abstractnessisanelementofsociety.

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