Theories and how does it affect the change in society?

Cultural Materialism

Using rigorously scientific approaches, cultural materialism tries to investigate the effects of technical, economic, and demographic forces on shaping society structure and superstructure.

Humanism

Humanism emphasises the value of growth and self-actualization while focusing on each individual's potential. People are always looking for new methods to develop, improve, gain new skills, and experience psychological growth and self-actualization.

Structural Functionalists

Functionalism focuses on social stability and agreed public values and highlights the consensus and order that exists in society. Disorganization in the system, such as deviant behaviour, leads to change, according to this perspective, because society components must adjust to achieve stability. When one portion of the system breaks down, it affects the rest of the system, causing social difficulties and resulting in societal change.

Conflict

When conflict imposes several limits, one universal aspect might lead to transformation: human beings learn and change as a result of their learning.

Citations

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