Abstract
This article seeks to clarify the nature of human society by reclaiming sociality as an attribute of human nature. Sociality—the need for human beings to connect physically and psychologically with other human beings—contributes to the development of the rational faculty, affecting the processes of identity formation, socialization, and enculturation. Following F.G. Bailey's model of political structures as a foundation, the article posits that social structures and their institutions derive from nine domains of human action: the social, economic, political, legal, educational, medical, spiritual, artistic, and sportive