The domain concerning politics and the processes through which actors purposively seek to maintain, change or replace elements of circle civilisations, institutions and social orders.
- Explanation. Purposive change begins with actors evaluating an existing situation and formulating goals from within their own civilisation. Its operation depends on support, legitimacy, power bases and the conditions under which civilisation elements can be transmitted, internalised and institutionalised. Politics concerns the pursuit of such goals in relation to social circles and their social orders. Political change may range from decisions within an existing order to profound changes in civilisation and institutions.
Definitions
Propositions
- Proposition 062 – Valuation precedes purposive action
- Proposition 063 – Goals need not be measurable
- Proposition 064 – Change starts within existing civilisation
- Proposition 065 – Legitimation through shared civilisation
- Proposition 066 – Conditions for circle change
- Proposition 067 – Success of purposive change
- Proposition 068 – Internalisation and social operation
- Proposition 069 – Conditions for internalisation
- Proposition 070 – Competition between civilisation elements
- Proposition 071 – Mechanism of purposive social change
- Proposition 072 – Unintended social change
- Proposition 073 – Civilisation shapes perceived success
- Proposition 074 – Legitimation civilises the support base
- Proposition 075 – Competing interpretations of outcomes
- Proposition 076 – Continuum of political change
- Proposition 077 – Three classes of political change
- Proposition 078 – Class 1: change within existing order
- Proposition 079 – Class 2: change of civilisation elements
- Proposition 080 – Class 3: systemic change
- Proposition 081 – Movement between change classes
Last updated: 1 October 2026