A society is not just a group of people; it is a system of stable connections and interactions . According to Sorokin, isolated individuals do not influence one another, whereas society requires "interaction" (the exchange of ideas, feelings, or actions) to function as a single unit.
In the standard textbook for Grade 10 edited by L.N. Bogolyubov , Paragraph 12 is typically titled " Social Interaction and Social Relations " (or includes a primary document by sociologist Pitirim Sorokin ). A society is not just a group of
Sorokin argues that social life is built upon the exchange of ideas, feelings, and volitional acts . Unlike biological interaction, social interaction involves conscious beings who share meanings. Therefore, the "psychic" component is what differentiates social processes from purely mechanical or biological ones. Bogolyubov , Paragraph 12 is typically titled "