Civilisation elements consisting of representations of personal or social conditions, relations or outcomes that an individual or social circle considers worth pursuing.
- Explanation. Goals may be concrete and temporary; ideals are generally broader and more directive. This category is essential for political analysis because it reveals which future condition individuals and social circles seek to realise. Goals may partly arise from norms and values through which possible conditions or outcomes are evaluated as desirable or undesirable.
Occurs in Propositions
- Proposition 012 – Expanding sources of civilising
- Proposition 017 – Civilisation shapes source trust
- Proposition 024 – Acceptance does not establish validity
- Proposition 028 – Narrative as interpretive framework
- Proposition 042 – Politics and institutional change
- Proposition 043 – Politics without institutionalisation
- Proposition 094 – Legitimation of state coercion
Last updated: 3 October 2026