The domain concerning the emergence, organisation and operation of enduring constellations oriented around sufficiently shared civilisation elements and systems of ideas.
- Explanation. Movements may arise organically or purposively and need not possess central organisation or leadership. They may develop their own organisations, elites and institutions and perform important civilising functions both internally and beyond the movement itself.
Definitions
Propositions
- Proposition 082 – Movements require systems of ideas
- Proposition 083 – Organic and purposive movements
- Proposition 084 – From movement to purposive politics
- Proposition 085 – Movements need no central leadership
- Proposition 086 – Divergent tendencies within movements
- Proposition 087 – Civilising function of movements
- Proposition 088 – Organisations within movements
- Proposition 089 – Movement elites and institutionalisation
- Proposition 090 – Internal institutionalisation
- Proposition 091 – Civilising beyond the movement
Last updated: 1 October 2026