Spheral coherence of society as an imperative of its sustainability and progress

Authors

  • Sergei A. Shavel Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Keywords:

coherence, congruence (similarity), sphere of society, social sphere, sociological realism, sociological nominalism, holism, social inheritance

Abstract

Considered is the coherence (cohesion, interpenetration) of the main spheres of society: economy, politics, social sphere, spiritual and cultural life. Two basic sociological paradigms – realism and nominalism – are given analysis to. Three paradigmatic examples (according to T. Parsons) are highlighted: society as part of nature, society as an organism and society as a self-sufficient integrity. Their limitations are revealed. The mechanism of interchange between the main spheres of society according to the scheme «entrance-exit» is described.

Author Biography

  • Sergei A. Shavel, Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    doctor of science (sociology), full professor; principal researcher

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2019-03-11

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No. 3 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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Shavel, S.A. 2019. Spheral coherence of society as an imperative of its sustainability and progress. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 3 (Mar. 2019), 12–23.