SELF: MATERIAL, SPIRITUAL SELF & IDENTITY AND MATERIAL

POSSESIONS
AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES
 Materials are symbolic to one's social status.
 It also symbolizes hard work and success.
 Has become people's driving force in
Total of all the tangible things you own that gives seeking high level of achievement to be able
you identity. to acquire more.
 Most valuable possessions are those most
 Material possessions visible in the eyes of others.
 Body  Russel Belk (1988), material possession act
 Reputation and Belief as an objective manifestations of the self.
 Contributes to feeling of well-being,
 Material Self involves the pursuit of our personal growth and purpose
the luxurious goods we own and we  Absence and Loss of it might lead to
want to own that may talk about much discrepancy in Mental Health.
about themselves.  The greater the material possessions
LUXURY you own the greater the acceptance of
others you receive.
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Genevan  Identification with material
philosopher, warned how luxury brought things begins quite early in life but
with it inequality at home and slavery in remains high throughout life because
the New World.
people SEEK HAPPINESS (Bel, 1988).
 Robert Boyle, a
natural scientist, stressed that, far from
evil, “greedy appetites” made people MATERIALISM
inquisitive and industrious.
 According to David Hume, moderate
luxuries became the source of not just  Giving more importance to material
personal wealth but national wealth and possessions than intangible values.
cultural progress as well. This has been  Compulsive Buying Disorder-
one of the reasons for people's
Compulsive buying disorder (CBD) is
continuous creative and productive
characterized by excessive shopping
aspects that made countries rich and
cognitions and buying behavior that
stronger.
leads to distress or impairment.
•Physical
Body
Characteristics
 People who spend a lot of time shopping
or people who chronically think about
buying things but never purchase may
also have CBD.
•Style  Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors
SELF Clothes
•Brand
(SSRIs)

•People
Material
Component •Pets
•Possesions
CONSUMER CULTURE
 Social arrangement in which the relations
between lived culture and social
resources, and between meaningful
ways of life and the symbolic and
material resources on which they
depend, are mediated through markets
(Arnould and Craig, 2005).
 Consumerist Society- people spending a
great deal of time, money and energy to
consume commercial products.
CONSUMERISM
 Consumption of material goods and
services in excess of one's basic
needs.
Advantage: Happiness and more
motivation when wants and needs are
met.
Disadvantage: Encourages people to
buy products and services they do not
need nor afford causing depression.
THE SPIRITUAL SELF
 Begins at an early age but
develops throughout life.
 The inner essence that connects the
person to the sacred, the supernatural,
and the universe.
 Enables person to experience oneness
with the higher being that gives deeper
meaning to life.
SPIRITUALITY
 "spiritus" Latin word meaning breath or
life force.
 Search for the sacred, a process through
in which people seek to discover, hold on
to and when necessary transform
whatever they hold sacred in their lives
(Hill & Pargament, 2003)
 Meaning and purpose of one's life, a
search for wholeness, and a relationship
with a transcendent being (Hage,
Hopson, Siegel, Payton & DeFanti,2006).
 "SPIRIT"- used to describe the Holy
Spirit.
 Experience of the sacred could be from
respect, faith, love, trust, fear, and
admiration to God.
 Worship- essential act to realize the
ultimate meaning of life.
RELIGION
 Religion- organized system of ideas
about the spiritual spheres associated
with ceremonial practices in order to try
to interpret the aspects of the universe
that is beyond their control.
 All religions recognize the importance of
spirituality in one's life.
SPRITUALITY VS RELIGION
SPRITUALITY RELIGION
Socially organized,
Personal, experiential. emergent, at community
level.
May not involve the Belief set: origin, fate,
supernatural. and ethics.
Can be expressed
Can be expressed
through practice of
through religion.
religious activities.
Search for the Meaning of Life
 Inevitable human suffering could lead to
human achievement and the search for
the meaning of life (Viktor Frankl).
LOGO THERAPHY
- Developed by Viktor Frankl, the theory
is founded on the belief that human nature is
motivated by the search for a life
purpose; logo therapy is the pursuit of
that meaning for one's life.
THREE WAYS IN DISCOVERING THE
MEANING OF LIFE
DOING A DEED
 The way of findi.ng meaning in
life is through achievements or
accomplishments.
EXPERIENCING A VALUE
 Experiencing something or
someone, such as loving.
 Love finds its deepest meaning
in one's spiritual being—the
inner self.
 Love is the only way to grasp
another human being in the
innermost core of his/her
personality.
SUFFERING
 It is in suffering that man
encounter central
theme EXISTENTIALISM: TO
LIVE IS TO SUFFER, TO
SURVIVE IS TO FIND
MEANING IN THE SUFFERING.
 "He who has a why to live can
bear almost any how."
One must not ask what is the meaning of
life but rather he/she should recognize
that it is he/she that is asked.
Everyone is answered in life but only you
can answer to life by answering your own
life, a life you are responsible.
THE PRACTICE OF ANIMISM
ANIMISM
- Beliefs that creatures, objects and places
possess certain spirits.
 Belief that things and places are alive
grounded by supernatural order.
 It cultivates among people a
consciousness of environment they are
in making them also conscious on how
they act according to the different things
they come in contact with.
ORIGIN
Family
 Has a hierarchical structure.
 Directly/indirectly influences its
member’s beliefs, values, and
attitude.
School
 Responsible for formal education
and training.
 Moral, Spiritual, and Political
Values.
 Similar structure to the Family.
Church
 Helps shape the ideals of
citizenship and democracy
 Religious teachings, Values, and
Traditional
ORIGIN  Digital self is our extended self

Peers According to belk (1988) as the

technological advancement increase
 Encompasses and emphasizes dramatically, it affects the way we
the equal distribution of power. consume ourselves and how we
Mass Media communicate

 WWW DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

 Facebook
 Key source of information
 Twitter
THEORIES OF THE POLITICAL SELF
 Instagram
Social Learning Theory
 Tinder
 Can acquire learning through
observation/imitation.  Omegle
 Political Socialization SUMMARY OF DIGITAL MODIFICATIONS OF
THE EXTENDED SELF
Cognitive Theory
DIGITAL DIMENTION
 Mental Activities are the
determinants of behavior  Dematerialization
 Knowledge, Perceptions, Ideas,  Re-embodiment
etc.  Sharing
 Co-construction of self
Theory of Symbolic Interaction  Distributed memory
 Behaviors are products of SELF
communication, meanings, and
symbols.  Avatars affect offline self; multiplicity of
selves
 Give meaning to symbols >  Self-revelation; loss of control
express it through  Affirmation of self; building aggregate
communications extended self; “Attachment to Virtual
Theory of Political Participation Possessions in Videogames”
 Narratives of self
 Activities done by the citizens
and is related into politics. POSSESION

 Any activities that are related to  Attachment to and singularization of

the Government. virtual possessions; almost, but not quite
the same
 Attachment to avatars
  Aggregate possessions; sense of shared • Transgender-
place online
• Queer-
 Digital clutter; digital cues to sense of
past • Questioning-
SELF PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT • Intersex-

 According to John Delamater and Daniel • Asexual-

Mayer (2012) that the self is heavily
influenced by feedback by others • Ally-

 Judge favorably by liking or reacting may • Pansexual-

contribute to positive self-concept. • Two spirit-
 The desire to create a positive and to be
‘’liked’’ by others may lead to
consequences that can be risky to one’s
security and mental health

IMPACT OF ONLINE INTERACTION ON THE

SELF

 Good- it is easier to communicate with

other

 Bad- there will be a possibility that

someone may affect your mental health
in a very negative way (e.g. cyber
bullying)

WHAT IS LGBTQ PLUS?

 It is important to discuss the sexual

characteristic in this topic to prevent
confusion and understand someone’s
behavior and to understand the self

LGBTQ PLUS

• Lgbtq plus a group of people who

stand strong to represent their
gender.

It consist of:

• Lesbian-

• Gay-

• Bisexual-