Law/1. History of State and Law
Popov V.V.,
Doctor philosophy,
professor,
Timofeenko V.A.,
Candidate of philosophical
sciences,
Rostov State
University of Economics (RINH), Taganrog Institute named A. P. Chekhov
(branch), Taganrog, Russia
THE PERCEPTION OF
SUBJECTIVITY "CATCHING-UP" TRANSITIVE STATE
Development of transitive society in itself, of course, doesn't assume
correlation with that type of society about which it is now told, i.e. about
the "catching-up" state. However in this case there is a number of
serious problems which can't be bypassed. First, if the subject speaks about
transitive society with innovative processes, most likely he speaks if not
about the society which is coming nearer to stable, at least, about the safe
developing society. And actually in this case, probably, there is no sense of a
message a discourse about any crisis phenomena or conditions of this society
having character which mentions bases of the society.
On the other hand, if to
consider transitive society from positions of that in any transitive society by
definition there have to be both crises, and unstable situations, social
disasters are possible even, then there is quite natural question that the
"catching-up" society too fits this definition. Therefore, probably,
here it is necessary to find certain criteria by which it is estimated, the
qualitative characteristic of problems when it isn't specified, about which
level of transitive society there is a speech: about innovative or about
"catching up". Of course, it is possible to allocate a number of
criteria, main of which - stability in the economic and political sphere, high
welfare of life of the population, development of civil institutes, etc.
Probably, this or that subjective attitude towards these criteria and some
other can be considered from the point of view of the "catching-up",
transitive stable society. In this plan it is possible to tell that transitive
society will possess a number of some properties which, perhaps, within social
and philosophical research won't receive character of the usual traditional
characteristic. One of them it that in the "catching-up" society the
phenomenon actually can be considered and without essence, i.e. from the
phenomenon is only the name, the original contents designated by this word, is
practically not present. Or there is some insignificant similarity, or in
general there is no that it is accepted to call society.
We will consider, for example, development of democracy and civil
society. Really investigating similar concepts, it is possible to note that
they from a position of subjectivity are filled with essence as far as possible
of their filling by this or that sense and how society is able to correspond to
this sense of similar concepts in general. Researchers are faced by a certain
semantic number of words because they in principle catch up with those words
which contain in really stable democratic society. In our case they as if
accompany society which "catches up" with stable transitive society.
It is actually possible even to tell that the words "democracy",
"civil society", "political parties", etc. simply accompany
society, but the essence isn't present. It should do even a certain way. Here
crisis of society, here need of the movement to transitivity.
By the way, these concepts can
be supplemented with essence as far as possible of their filling or as society
is able to correspond to sense of similar words to some extent. words appear
only because they accompany the developed society, but to requirement, for
example, for convenient life of people in such transitive society can grow, and
here to need for civil society it isn't known yet. Most likely we will answer
in the negative. Business here not in lack of experience and skills, and more
in requirements. As it is paradoxical, but there is a question, and whether
there is a need for democracy. In a number of researches it is directly said
that such requirement isn't present. An intermediate conclusion, it is possible
to formulate as paradox: a democratism development tool in the conditions of
transformation is authoritarianism. And the concept "democracy" is a
standard which is set by stable society. However "the catching-up
society" solves any problems authoritatively since it doesn't know other
ways therefore also problems of democracy are solved in the habitual and clear
way - authoritarianism.
Therefore when the subject says that the "catching-up" country
anyway tries to go in a channel of the stable country, is guided by it, or,
perhaps, even there is a peculiar social coupling is becomes in order that the
"catching-up" society would look as the modern state. However the
present is shown first of all in a way of life. By the way, the way of life
adequately describes a social component of reality, and a way of activity of
considerable number of citizens of the "catching-up" state is close
to samples of the Western world, the stable world in many respects unlike it.
However we will notice that at such understanding of social coupling, or the
accession to the modern stable states, arises a question that it in transitive
societies will be non-uniform. The matter is that stable society supports
directly not some compact complete society dealing with some amorphous and
non-uniform mass of the states. Usually "catching up" countries
sometimes live at the same time in four worlds and in four eras: traditional,
industrial, eras of modernization and post-modernization era. According to a
traditional component to stable society will heavier drag therefore the similar
combination of the stable and "catching-up" societies will happen to
big friction, to big losses for the last. It is worth paying attention that the
ideas stated in a number of works of the "catching-up" or clinging
society will be useful to the certain idea uniting this or that similar society
since. it allows to develop optimistic prospect, to take a constructive
position, to create the purposes of similar society compatible to intensions of
that generation which enters life because otherwise hardly this younger
generation will aspire to those values of stable societies within public
practice if it sees that society in which it lives, already hopelessly lagged
behind these states, and it will be almost impossible to catch up with them.
Literature
1. V.V. Popov, B.S.
Scheglov. The theory of rationality. Rostov-on-Don, 2006. 320 p.