Explain the relationship between individual and society.

Relationship between Individual and Society :

1. Introduction : The debate whether individual came first and society followed or vice-versa is perhaphs not a very productive exercise. Both individual and society are compliment to each other.

2. Need of Society by an Individual : The individuals require society for their own survival. Human infants, in fact, require the longest period of dependence before they are able to work independence. The members of the family, mainly the mother contribute to the rearing and training of the child : In Modern society, several institutions directly or indirectly provide assistance to family in performing this role.

3. By nature man is a social being : Society also exists because of the fact that human individual is essentially a social animal. Socialability is his basic nature, society came into existence due to this human nature which extend from the family bonds.

4. Kingley Davis, in his book ‘Human Society’ writes that society for its existence has to have a population and has to maintain that population by way of making provisions of nutrition, protection and reproduction of new organisms.

5. Different functions have to be allocated among the people in order that they have a feeling of mutural solidarity.

6. Society has to motivate people to have contact among themselves and to learn about tolerance and resistance to the outsiders. And, finally society has to evolve mechanism for the perpetuation of the social system. All these taken together assist meet the basic requirements of social survival.