Discusshow these social institutions interact with each other. You can startthe discussion from yourself as a senior school student. And move onto how you are shaped by different social institutions. Are youentirely controlled or can you also resist and redefine socialinstitutions?

All thesocial institutions of marriage, family and kinship, politics,education, economics and religion interact and affect each other.

Forinstance, religion had its deep impact on the various spheres ofsocial and cultural life of the individuals affecting the family,marriage, kinship and education. The religious institutions were sostrong that they even had their affect on political and economicinstitutions of the society.

Thereligion gave way to the capitalism and had the strongest position inthe society. However, in modern societies religion comparatively hasbecome less influential. But still has its hold on marriage, family,kinship and politics

Even incontemporary societies, family, kinship and marriages are affected byreligion. Similarly, the family and marriages are getting affected byeconomic and political policies of the state as well. The functionsof the family members are also indirectly decided by the policies ofthe state leading to the fragmentation of family.

Theseinstitutions offer many new opportunities while some even constrainthe individuals. It is very difficult to resist and redefine anysocial institution but this can be done through social movements andprotests.