classification of societies
knowledge society
social formation in which individual and collective knowledge and its organization are increasingly becoming the basis of social, economic and media coexistence
late modernity
sociological concept
hunter-gatherer
human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals)
post-work society
form of society in which pursuing a fixed gainful occupation has become largely obsolete
information society
form of society
social welfare model
form of social welfare
primitive society
coexistence of humans in prehistory
post-industrial society
Society whose service sector provides more economic value than manufacturing
traditional society
society based on custom and habit
modernity
both a historical period and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices
industrial society
society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour
Postmodernity
societal state after modernity
agrarian society
community whose economy is based on crops and farmland
leisure society
form of society in which citizens work less and have more free time compared to today
network society
related to the social, political, economic and cultural changes caused by the spread of networked, digital information and communications technologies