Social Theory regarding social instability António Pedro Dores ISCTE, 17 May

Violence in Giddens Giddens, Anthony (1985) The Nation-State and Violence, Cambridge, Polity. Industrialism (and environment) Private property (class) Surveillance (Poliarchy) Military industrial sector Social Movements Giddens, Anthony (1985) The Nation-State and Violence, Cambridge, Polity. Ecological Movements Labour Movements Democratic Movements Peace Movements

Structuring Social Violence (Ab)uses of people Anthroponomic production (Berteaux) Elevation Purification of the spirit Submission spirit (exclusion) stigma, social division Prohibitionist spirit (control) Rationalization (classification hide secrets, cf. child abuse) Revivalism spirit (social justice ) Love and violence (body and mind) Bio ethical Institutions dispositions Individuals intentions Families faith Normative Socio- economic

Social Modernizing Dinamics Solidarity cycleEmancipation cycle Social justice Exclusion Control social movements closure racionalization criminalization revolution institutionalization closure racionalization institutionalization social movements criminalization revolution

Contradictory modernizing dinamics Social justice Exclusion Control social movements criminalization revolution closure racionalization institutionalization criminalization closure revolution racionalizationsocial movements institutionalization

Sociology of instability a theory of the sociological knowledge The objective conditions of the existence of sociology The subjective conditions of sociologist’s education The tradition of scientific success of social theories Criticizing Max Weber Stabilization and destabilization – social values and social emotions Social movements Social apathy