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This volume examines the reasons for intensified social change after 1980; a peaceful process of a magnitude that is historically unprecedented. It examines the kinds of novelty that have come about through morphogenesis and the elements of stability that remain because of morphostasis. It is argued that this pattern cannot be explained simply by ‘acceleration’. Instead, we must specify the generative mechanism(s) involved that underlie and unify ordinary people’s experiences of different disjunctions in their lives. The book discusses the umbrella concept of ‘social morphogenesis’ and the possibility of transition to a ‘Morphogenic Society’. It examines possible ‘generative mechanisms’ accounting for the effects of ‘social morphogenesis’ in transforming previous and much more stable practices. Finally, it seeks to answer the question of what is required in order to justify the claim that Morphogenic society can supersede modernity.    .

sociologie --- Sociology --- Social sciences (general) --- International relations. Foreign policy --- internationale betrekkingen --- sociale wetenschappen --- Morphogenesis. --- Social sciences. --- International relations. --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Morphogeny --- Organogenesis --- Embryology --- Morphology --- Sociology, general. --- International Relations. --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences

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The central problem of social theory is 'structure and agency'. How do the objective features of society influence human agents? Determinism is not the answer, nor is conditioning as currently conceptualised. It accentuates the way structure and culture shape the social context in which individuals operate, but it neglects our personal capacity to define what we care about most and to establish a modus vivendi expressive of our concerns. Through inner dialogue, 'the internal conversation', individuals reflect upon their social situation in the light of current concerns and projects. On the basis of a series of unique, in-depth interviews, Archer identifies three distinctive forms of internal conversation. These govern agents' responses to social conditioning, their individual patterns of social mobility and whether or not they contribute to social stability or change. Thus the internal conversation is seen as being the missing link between society and the individual, structure and agency.

sociologie --- Sociological theory building --- Community organization --- Social structure. --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Self-knowledge, Theory of. --- Social perception. --- Interviews --- Structure sociale --- Agent (Philosophie) --- Connaissance de soi --- Perception sociale --- Entretiens --- MIND -- 159.932 --- 316.3 --- 316.37 --- 316.772.41 --- #SBIB:309H021 --- Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- Intra- en interpersonele communicatie --- Agent (Philosophy). --- 316.772.41 Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- 316.37 Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- 316.3 Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Self-knowledge, Theory of --- Social perception --- Social structure --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Cognition, Social --- Interpersonal perception --- Social cognition --- Interpersonal relations --- Perception --- Social cognitive theory --- Introspection (Theory of knowledge) --- Knowledge, Reflexive --- Knowledge of self, Theory of --- Reflection (Theory of knowledge) --- Reflexive knowledge --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Personality (Theory of knowledge) --- Self (Philosophy) --- Conversation --- Interviewing --- Agency (Philosophy) --- Agents --- Person (Philosophy) --- Act (Philosophy) --- Philosophy

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This volume explores the development and consequences of morphogenesis on normative regulation. It starts out by describing the great normative transformations from morphostasis, as the precondition of a harmonious relationship between legal validity and normative consensus in society, to morphogenesis, which tends to strongly undermine existing laws, norms, rules, rights and obligations because of the new variety it introduces. Next, it studies the decline of normative consensus resulting from the changes in the social contexts that made previous forms of normativity, based upon ‘habits, ‘habit us’ and ‘routine action’, unhelpfully misleading because they no longer constituted relevant guidelines to action. It shows how this led to the ‘Reflexive Imperative’ with subjects having to work out their own purposeful actions in relation to their objective social circumstances and their personal concerns, if they were to be active rather than passive agents. Finally, the book analyses what makes for chance in normativity, and what will underwrite future social regulation. It discusses whether it is possible to establish a new corpus of laws, norms and rules, given that intense morphogenesis denies the durability of any new stable context.

Social sciences. --- International relations. --- Sociology. --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology, general. --- International Relations. --- Social change. --- Social evolution. --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Social theory --- Social sciences

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Sociological theory building --- Community organization --- philosophy --- social structure --- 316.3 --- 316.37 --- 316.772.41 --- #SBIB:309H021 --- 316.37 Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- 316.3 Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- 316.772.41 Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- Intra- en interpersonele communicatie --- Social structure --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Self-knowledge, Theory of --- Social perception --- Interviews

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The rate of social change has speeded up in the last three decades, but how do we explain this? This volume ventures what the generative mechanism is that produces such rapid change and discusses how this differs from late Modernity. Contributors examine if an intensification of morphogenesis (positive feedback that results in a change in social form) and a corresponding reduction in morphostasis (negative feedback that restores or reproduces the form of the social order) best captures the process involved.   This volume resists proclaiming a new social formation as so many books written by empiricists have done by extrapolating from empirical data.  Until we can convincingly demonstrate that a new generative mechanism is at work, it is premature to argue what accounts for the global changes that are taking place and where they will lead. More concisely we seek to answer the question whether or not current social change can be regarded as social morphogenesis. Only then, in the next volumes will the same team of authors be able to remove the question mark.

Social sciences (general) --- Sociology --- International relations. Foreign policy --- sociologie --- sociale wetenschappen --- internationale betrekkingen