> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 7 topics, 26 evergreens, 1 source</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[social order]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [social order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20order) > > The term social order can be used in two senses: In the first sense, it refers to a particular system of social structures and institutions. Examples are the ancient, the feudal, and the capitalist social order. In the second sense, social order is contrasted to social chaos or disorder and refers to a stable state of [[society]] in which the existing social structure is accepted and maintained by its members. > > [!wikipedia]- The problem of social order > > The problem of order or Hobbesian problem, which is central to much of sociology, political science and political philosophy, is the question of how and why it is that social orders exist at all. > [[John Green]] suggest to [[Use social order instead of society to better acknowledge hierarchy and inequality]]. **See**:: [[society]] #### Related - [[Cultural evolution is not confined to the slow process of genetic evolution]] - [[Evolutionary Psychology is just a framework not a prescription of behavior]] - [[Hammurabi's Code preserved hierarchy through deific justice]] - [[Hierarchy keeps people in by pretending they can change their class]] - [[Once hierarchy is in place vested interests will keep it in place]] - [[Religion creates social order through group membership and ritual]] - [[Social order is built off of a shared belief in an imagined reality]] - [[The caste system preserved hierarchy through purity]] - [[There is a limit to the size of a group ordered purely by personal communication]] - [[Use social order instead of society to better acknowledge hierarchy and inequality]] - [[We all deserve help from a compassionate expert]] - [[What does equality even mean]] - [[What enables large scale social order]] - [[What is the origin of social hierarchy]] - [[What maintains our social order]] - [[What makes moral systems functional]] - [[Why is it hard to understand how our environment effects us]] - [[Words should have meaning but we shouldn't value their meaning over people]]