Institution-formation theory and principles of its construction. Globalization and the main mechanisms of the development of society. A. L. Safonov

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      When analysing the views of this author, it should be noted that his concept, for all its originality and importance for science, does not consider mechanisms of conflict and contradictions in society. At the same time, these phenomena contribute not less but rather more to the transformation of society than the need for cooperation between individuals.

      Thus, a comparative philosophical and methodological analysis of the known theories of globalization, which are created within the framework of various scientific disciplines, shows that they represent the diversity of this era as a set of individual patterns. Most of these concepts reduce globalization, which is a comprehensive phenomenon, to private, albeit essential, phenomena of an economic, sociocultural, or political nature. These concepts, both apologetic and critical, are characterized by the absolutization of convergent aspects of development. They see such processes of transformation of society as monopolization and unification, including economic, social, and ethnocultural, as the leading tendencies of development of society. They deny the phenomenon of social regression and processes of divergent nature, which are objective trends that are inherent in globalization.

      1.4 Attributes of globalization

      To obtain a more detailed definition of globalization as a qualitatively new socio-historical reality, its main qualitative differences from previous eras should be highlighted. To this end, based on the existing theoretical basis, an analysis of globalization development trends was conducted, which allowed us to identify its essential foundations.