What is Social order?
The term '''social order''' can be used in two ways: It may mean a particular system of [[social structure]]s and [[institution]]s. Examples are the ancient, the [[feudal]], and the [[capitalist]] social orders. Secondly, social order is the opposite of social chaos or [[disorder]]. It refers to a stable society where the existing social structure is supported by its members. The '''problem of order''' (the [[Hobbesian trap|Hobbesian problem]]} is central to much of [[sociology]], [[political science]] and [[political philosophy]]. It asks how and why social orders should exist at all. ==Sociology== [[Thomas Hobbes]] was the first to clearly formulate the problem. He answered with the notion of a [[social contract]]. [[Social theory|Social theorists]] (such as [[Karl Marx]], [[Émile Durkheim]], [[Talcott Parsons]], and [[Jürgen Habermas]]) have proposed different explanations for what a social order consists of, and what its real basis is. ==Related pages== *[[Social control]] [[Category:Sociology]]