Consider the following statements According the Raymond Firth a social organization i...........

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Consider the following statements :

According the Raymond Firth, a social organization is concerned with choices and decisions involved in actual social relations; while the concept of social structures deals with

1. social facts which are distinct from individual facts and are external to the individual.

2. an arrangement of parts related to one another in some sort in a larger unity.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct ?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation:

- Statement 1: Social facts as a concept are linked to Emile Durkheim, not Raymond Firth. Durkheim defined social facts as things external and coercive to individuals, while Firth focuses more on choice and arrangement.

- Statement 2: The idea of social structure as an "arrangement of parts related to one another in a larger unity" aligns with Raymond Firth's view on social structure.

- Option 1 (1 only): Incorrect, as statement 1 doesn't accurately reflect Firth's position.

- Option 2 (2 only): Correct. Only statement 2 matches Firth's definition.

- Option 3 (Both 1 and 2): Incorrect, as only the second statement is correct.

- Option 4 (Neither 1 nor 2): Incorrect, since statement 2 is right.

Correct Answer: Option 2 (2 only)