Society is a far from straightforward concept. It can be understood as humanity as a whole, as well as a specific group of people formed for any purpose. The traditional answer to the question of what a society is is the definition: "A social group of individuals separated from nature, but connected with it, with will and interacting with each other." It is a system of related elements, characterized by constant self-development.
To simplify the analysis of society, it is customary to divide it into spheres or subsystems. These include the following:
- The economic subsystem. It regulates material relations between various elements of society.
- The social subsystem. It includes various class and layer structures interacting with each other.
- The political subsystem. It regulates relations between a person and the state, party activity, etc.
- The spiritual subsystem. It includes various cultural institutions: art, religion, etc.
All of the above spheres of society mutually penetrate each other, developing and updating over time. They are also interdependent, which leads to the harmonious coexistence of all these subsystems and their components.
We can observe the development of society since the time of prehistoric communities. In the course of constant interaction of people, scientific and spiritual progress occurs. But what is a society if there is no leader in it? As a rule, in any society there are many chapters that are responsible for certain areas of life. And the more developed it becomes, the more leaders there are in it. If power and society are in harmonious relationships, such a union contributes to the development of the latter.
Currently, each of the spheres has its own leaders. The political system of modern Russian society is regulated by the government, the religious system by church leaders, etc. Such a structure helps to avoid conflict situations and misunderstandings. And the settlement of inter-sphere relations by centralized authorities should provide a fair assessment of their activities.
What is a society ideally? This is a harmonious combination of all interacting spheres, which is in constant development. But in reality, the life of society rarely dispenses with conflict situations and erroneous actions. People have not yet learned how to deal with it. This is probably the result of differences in the interests of representatives of various social groups. And it may well be that the achievement of an ideal society in modern life is impossible.
So what is society? We can safely say that this is the totality of all existing social groups and cells. Its main function is to facilitate and improve the lives of individuals. And even if it does not always cope with it perfectly, it is in constant development, and maybe sooner or later it will reach a stage where it can be called perfect. The main thing is that people do not forget that it is they who are building the society, it depends on them what it will be tomorrow.
