Even if we only interpret the meaning of the word ’society’ as it applies to our modern times, we find that its meaning is as complex as it is ambiguous. It can be used as a definition to describe the cohesion or stratification of human communities, or the separation of a particular group. The word thus has descriptive, cohesive and divisive meanings at the same time in relation to our world, depending on to what and how large a group or community of the human population it refers to.
The concept of society is not only an expression of belonging or separation, but also a system of relations. That is, a kind of dependency in a good or bad sense. So it is not really possible to be independent of something within a given community of life.
And this is a disturbingly important thought, especially given what is happening in our world today. Because there are no isolated individual problems. Every change that takes place in our world will, sooner or later, affect everyone. So, in this section of the blog, I will expand on the social interactions.
But if we break the Hungarian word ’társadalom’ (society) down into word fragments, we can get even more confused. Our Hungarian mother tongue is wonderful. At least as wonderful as the complex meaning of our words. Társ-ad-alom (fellow-give-resting place) can mean a resting place for our companions, as well as a dream that we can achieve together. The complex system of relationships encrypted verbally can therefore also be found in the structure of our language.
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