The topic of social relations concerns everyone and everyone simply because there is no normal development of a person without being surrounded by society. To be recognized by society is one of the key human needs.
The concept and signs of social relations
Any relations that arise between social groups, as well as members of these groups, are recognized as social. Social relationships refer to almost everything that surrounds a person. Wherever he works and where he does not carry out his activities, he will always be involved in certain social relations.
The concept of social relations in practice has a strong connection with social roles. As a rule, a person who enters into certain social relations appears in them in a certain social role, be it a professional, national or gender role.
In addition to the very relationships that arise between people, all the forms that these relationships take are also social. People are forced to enter into these relationships not only due to the need for involvement, but also due to material and spiritual needs that they simply cannot satisfy on their own.
Types of social relationships
Social relations can be divided into types, based on the areas of activity in which people manifest themselves. These are industrial, economic, political, aesthetic, psychological, interpersonal. The latter, for example, include friendship, companionship, love, family relations. In interpersonal relationships, a person most clearly manifests himself as a person and is most involved in relationships.
Psychological relationships are more characterized by the individual's attitude to himself and his reaction to external stimuli or objects. There is also a symbiosis of social and psychological relations, which usually result in the interaction of members of society from the standpoint of their individual psychological characteristics. For example, friendship-enmity, leadership-conformism and others. There is a place to talk about role relationships when certain roles of the participants are clearly spelled out in them, and there is also a certain functionally organized connection between them.
Communicative relationships allow members of society to exchange information and play an important role in the life of society. Emotional relationships of people are characterized on the basis of their mutual attractiveness or, conversely, alienation. Moreover, this attraction can be both psychological and physical. An important role in human relations is played by moral relationships, that is, the assessment of each other's behavior and actions from the standpoint of understanding good and evil.
