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POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTUAL FUNDAMENTALS OF POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

2.1 The problem of order

The social order, the problem of permanence and change, have always been questioned. It is difficult to imagine social order without its opposite, social disorder. The approach to the problem from functional analysis and conflict theory was oriented towards order as a natural product of society and its rupture as the culmination of a situation of tension, respectively. Simple empirical observation establishes that societies tend mostly towards order and not chaos. The survival of society makes it move away from the feelings of threat or probability of death. The establishment of the laws ensures survival, further and further away from man's instincts, from natural life, isolated. This seems like a truism, but without them, there would be no incorporated company.
But what is not presented as obvious is the creation and maintenance of order when it represents a real problem, since it is not something that is already given. This is what is problematic for the sociologist, as this breakdown of order represents something symptomatic in society.

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Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTUAL FUNDAMENTALS OF POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

2.1 The problem of order

The social order, the problem of permanence and change, have always been questioned. It is difficult to imagine social order without its opposite, social disorder. The approach to the problem from functional analysis and conflict theory was oriented towards order as a natural product of society and its rupture as the culmination of a situation of tension, respectively. Simple empirical observation establishes that societies tend mostly towards order and not chaos. The survival of society makes it move away from the feelings of threat or probability of death. The establishment of the laws ensures survival, further and further away from man's instincts, from natural life, isolated. This seems like a truism, but without them, there would be no incorporated company.

But what is not presented as obvious is the creation and maintenance of order when it represents a real problem, since it is not something that is already given. This is what is problematic for the sociologist, as this breakdown of order represents something symptomatic in society.

DOMINANT TRENDS IN SOCIAL THOUGHT

• The one that emphasizes the use of force as an underlying agent of obedience and social order

• The one that sees society as an organization of mutual interest, which makes social actions have their cost and benefits, considered by the majority of its members.

• The most traditional path is the one that gives priority to the collective commitment to the norms or objectives of the State or society.

2.2 Coercion as a solution to the problem of order

Like the others, the THEORY OF COERCION, supposes a conception of MAN, whom he considers rather SELFISH, eager for a power, which he imposes and maintains through fear. Human nature does not change essentially when living in society, since it is prior to it. What it does is only modify the instincts, allowing their acceptable processing.

Aggressiveness, violence, and other true human personality traits were studied by FREUD, and modern social studies have incorporated them to highlight the determination that the social environment causes in them. These psychological influences affected modern sociological thought.

Some of MARX's works, such as his Manuscripts of 1844, axis of the materialist doctrine, present man as a product of circumstances, and his awareness, a product of education. Through its struggle, the proletariat will liberate the entire society, promoting its material change: man will change those circumstances and the educator is the one who will now be educated. Society is conceived as divided into two opposing classes where one has power over the other, hence the conflict. Produced as a result of a psychological configuration, or of a socially