Proposition 087 – Civilising function of movements

The means and practices of a movement perform civilising and binding functions by transmitting its system of ideas, strengthening shared civilisation elements among the individuals involved, and pro­moting the formation of social circles around those elements.

• Explanation. The means and practices of a movement may repeatedly expose individu­als to the system of ideas and thereby contribute to the internalisation and strengthening of civilisation ele­ments. At the same time, they may promote mutual recognition and con­nectedness and contrib­ute to the emergence and persistence of social circles in which these elements become socially operative. Not every individual civilised by a movement need become a member of an organisa­tion or social circle belonging to that movement.