The resource aspects of social conjunction

This article is dedicated to the issue of perfecting the theoretic-methodological and analytical tools used to examine matters of social consolidation, social integration, social solidarity and unity. Emphasized is how the phenomena of consolidation and social reproduction are conjugated, with the latter being a natural result of the former. Social reproduction refers to reproducing the social fabric of a community, i.e. historic and socio-cultural continuity. Described is a streaming model of social consolidation, assuming the presence of horizontal and vertical vectors of social integration, while the peculiarities of each “stream” are characterized in terms of their dynamics and comprehensiveness. A characteristic is given and conditions are outlined for the emergence of such phenomena as an “inertial state” and an “inertial society”. It is proven that all processes associated with the creation of a unified, consolidated society can be described using categories of the social conjunction conception, which provides the analytical tools needed to examine social solidarity issues both in their theoretical and applied aspects. Also emphasized is the fact that said conception must be broadened by including such categories into its analytical toolset as “conjunctive resources”, which in itself is a system of social practices within one field of society or another (including the socio-cultural field), which possess a positive potential for its consolidation. It is argued that conjunctive resources specifically associated with the socio-cultural field are of particular importance to social reproduction, especially such components like civilization and space, civic activism, state policy and symbolic systems. Taken into consideration is the fact that within each field of social relations “conjunctive effects” can be registered, referring to the results of consolidation practices, as well as “disjunctive risks”, them being a threat created by certain destructive practices, and finally “perspective conjunctions”, referring to overdue but yet to be activated initiatives, which are formed based upon a combination of several different practices and which are oriented towards achieving a potential conjunctive effect. A single conjunctive code, or an ideology as a symbolic outlook system which integrates a society, acts as the most generalized result of a series of particular conjunctions.

social consolidation, social reproduction, streaming model, social conjunction, conjunctive resources

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