ABSTRACT I begin this article by arguing that it is justified to believe in the real presence of a civilizational crisis in the contemporary world; and that this crisis is a real, emergent phenomenon. In so doing, I attempt to define the notions of ‘civilization’ and ‘crisis’. I also attempt to describe and explain this contemporary civilizational crisis in terms of morphogenetic and morphostatic categories. This attempt is founded upon the theory of social order, and it shows, in a most synthetic way, in a nutshell, key transformation processes that may be observed in the contemporary world. I present these processes in terms of both their social structure and culture; and in terms of their institutional, economic and demographic order. The theoretical basis for this purpose is the idea of critical realism and morphogenesis by Margaret S. Archer and Roy Bhaskar.

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批判现实主义视角下的当代文明危机

摘要我从这篇文章的开头开始，认为有理由相信当代世界确实存在着文明危机。这场危机是真实的，紧急的现象。在此过程中，我试图定义“文明”和“危机”的概念。我也试图用形态发生和静态范畴来描述和解释这种当代文明危机。这项尝试是建立在社会秩序理论的基础上的，它以一种最综合的方式概括地展示了当今世界可能观察到的关键转型过程。我从社会结构和文化的角度来介绍这些过程。以及他们的制度，经济和人口秩序。为此目的的理论基础是Margaret S提出的批判现实主义和形态发生的思想。