From Family Groups to Personal Communities: Social Capital and Social Change in Old Age

1930 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-637
Author(s):  
William Orton

In few affairs is political wisdom so put to the test as in the treatment of institutions that are growing old. Age in these cases has little to do with mere antiquity: the forms of social life are subject to no set term of years. It is a matter of continuing adaptability. Some institutions, like the British monarchy, possess this attribute in an astounding degree. Others, like the House of Lords, betray a hardening of the arteries that bodes ill for their survival in times of rapid change. For the speed of social change affects not only their physical and conceptual environment; it acts also upon, and through, the temper of the politicians and the public. In such periods society will sometimes administer a sudden coup de grâce to its more recalcitrant institutions, abolishing at one stroke both the abuses they have inflicted and the garnered wisdom they enshrine. The loss involved in these moments is seldom evident until long after, when it has to be made good ab ovo.To such moods the Gallic genius is peculiarly liable; and it was in one of them that the French crashed open the gates of the nineteenth century and nailed the atomic theory of society to the lintel. “There are no longer any guilds in the state, but only the private interest of each individual and the general interest. No one may arouse in the citizens any intermediate interest, or separate them from the public weal by corporate sentiment.”


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-49
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fauzi

Abstract: This research, praxis aims to describe and interpret various roles and social contributions of the kiai to victims of Dimas Kanjeng in Probolinggo. Sociologically, the existence of kiai in the midst of society occupies the most strategic position, even all forms of social action and advice are used as references and legitimacy for various social problems. Therefore, the presence of the kiai is understood as a pioneer of change in both the religious, moral, social and cultural fields of all domestic and social domestication (social and cultural domestication), especially for victims of Dimas Kanjeng. In this context, the existence of the kiai is an important part in providing enlightenment to overcome various problems that are happening, as a form of social change for victims of Dimas Kanjeng. Thus, to interpret and interpret the roles and social actions of the kiai, the researcher uses Pierre Bourdieu's social practice theory, between Habitus x Modal + Domain = Practice, with a qualitative approach and type of case study research. In praxis, this study produced several findings, including; 1) the presence of kiai and pesantren basically cannot be separated from scientific genealogy which is built through the Koran and al-Hadith, as core beliefs and core values, so that it becomes a social capital of the kiai (social capital) to practice social (social practice) and bring about changes in both the religious, moral and social fields, by transmitting universal religious values (kaffah), the view is expected to influence and inspire the thinking and social behavior of the community, especially for victims of Dimas Kanjeng, to shape individual piety and social piety; 2) the kiai's approach to social change, including; cultural approach, through a process of guidance regarding understanding Islamic teachings; a cultural approach, the involvement of the kiai in various socio-religious organizations becomes the main capital to influence the thinking and social behavior of other individuals; 3) various social contributions of the kiai include several aspects; kiai as social change, social cohesion, social harmonization; purification of the soul (tazkiyyat al-nafs) and moral fortifications in maintaining social integrity. الملخص: يهدف هذا البحث العملي إلى وصف وتفسير الأدوار والمساهمات الاجتماعية المختلفة للشيوخ / العلماء لضحايا ديماس كانجينج في بروبولينجو. من الناحية الاجتماعية ، يحتل وجود العلماء / الشيخ في وسط المجتمع المكان الأكثر استراتيجية ، حتى يتم استخدام جميع أشكال العمل الاجتماعي والمشورة كمراجع وشرعية لمختلف المشاكل الاجتماعية. لذلك ، يُفهم وجود العلماء / الشيخ على أنه رائد التغيير في كل من المجالات الدينية والأخلاقية والاجتماعية والثقافية لجميع التدجين الاجتماعي والثقافي ، وخاصة بالنسبة لضحايا ديماس كانجينج. في هذا السياق ، يعد وجود العلماء / الشيخ جزءًا مهمًا في توفير التنوير للتغلب على المشكلات المختلفة التي تحدث ، كشكل من أشكال التغيير الاجتماعي لضحايا ديماس كانجينج. وبالتالي ، لتفسير الأدوار والإجراءات الاجتماعية للعلماء / الشيخ ، يستخدم الباحث نظرية الممارسة الاجتماعية لبيير بورديو ، بين habitus x modal + domain = Practice، مع نهج نوعي ونوع من أبحاث دراسة الحالة.  في الممارسة ، أنتجت هذه الدراسة العديد من النتائج ، بما في ذلك ؛ 1) لا يمكن فصل وجود العلماء والشيوخ والبيزنرة في الأساس عن علم الأنساب المبني من خلال القرآن والحديث ، كمعتقدات وقيم أساسية ، بحيث يصبح رأس المال الاجتماعي للكيي لتنفيذ الممارسات الاجتماعية وإحداث التغيير في المجال الديني ، من الناحية الأخلاقية والاجتماعية ، من خلال نقل القيم الدينية العالمية (الكفة) ، من المتوقع أن تكون هذه النظرة قادرة على التأثير وإلهام الفكر والسلوك الاجتماعي ، وخاصة لضحايا ديماس كانجينج ، لتشكيل التقوى الفردية والتقوى الاجتماعية ؛ 2) نهج العلماء / الشيخ في إحداث تغييرات اجتماعية ، بما في ذلك ؛ النهج الثقافي ، من خلال عملية الإرشاد بشأن فهم التعاليم الإسلامية ؛ من خلال نهج ثقافي ، تصبح مشاركة الكيان في مختلف المنظمات الاجتماعية الدينية هي العاصمة الرئيسية للتأثير على التفكير والسلوك الاجتماعي للأفراد الآخرين ؛ 3) تشمل المساهمات الاجتماعية المختلفة للشيوخ عدة جوانب ؛ العلماء / الشيخ كتغيير اجتماعي وتماسك اجتماعي ومواءمة اجتماعية ؛ تطهير الروح (تزكية النفس) والتحصينات الأخلاقية في الحفاظ على النزاهة الاجتماعية. Abstrak: Penelitian ini praksis bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menginterpretasikan berbagai peran dan kontribusi sosial kyai kepada para korban Dimas Kanjeng di Probolinggo. Secara sosiologis, keberadaan kiai di tengah-tengah masyarakat menempati posisi paling strategis, bahkan semua bentuk aksi dan saran sosial digunakan sebagai referensi dan legitimasi untuk berbagai masalah sosial. Oleh karena itu, kehadiran kiai dipahami sebagai pelopor perubahan baik dalam bidang agama, moral, sosial dan budaya dari semua domestik dan sosial domestikasi (sosial dan budaya domestikasi), terutama untuk para korban Dimas Kanjeng. Dalam konteks ini, keberadaan kiai merupakan bagian penting dalam memberikan pencerahan untuk mengatasi berbagai masalah yang sedang terjadi, sebagai bentuk perubahan sosial bagi para korban Dimas Kanjeng. Dengan demikian, untuk menafsirkan dan menafsirkan peran dan tindakan sosial kiai, peneliti menggunakan teori praktik sosial Pierre Bourdieu, antara Habitus x Modal + Domain = Praktek, dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan jenis penelitian studi kasus. Dalam praksis, penelitian ini menghasilkan beberapa temuan, termasuk; 1) kehadiran kyai dan pesantren pada dasarnya tidak dapat dilepaskan dari silsilah ilmiah yang dibangun melalui Alquran dan al-Hadis, sebagai keyakinan inti dan nilai-nilai inti, sehingga menjadi modal sosial kiai (modal sosial) untuk mempraktikkan sosial (praktik sosial) dan membawa perubahan baik dalam bidang agama, moral dan sosial, dengan mentransmisikan nilai-nilai agama universal (kaffah), pandangan ini diharapkan dapat mempengaruhi dan menginspirasi pemikiran dan perilaku sosial masyarakat, terutama bagi para korban Dimas Kanjeng, untuk membentuk kesalehan individu dan kesalehan sosial; 2) pendekatan kiai terhadap perubahan sosial, termasuk; pendekatan budaya, melalui proses bimbingan tentang memahami ajaran Islam; pendekatan budaya, keterlibatan kiai dalam berbagai organisasi sosial keagamaan menjadi modal utama untuk mempengaruhi pemikiran dan perilaku sosial individu lain; 3) berbagai kontribusi sosial kiai mencakup beberapa aspek; kyai sebagai perubahan sosial, kohesi sosial, harmonisasi sosial; pemurnian jiwa (tazkiyyat al-nafs) dan benteng moral dalam menjaga integritas sosial.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Supriya Baily ◽  
Gloria Wang ◽  
Elisabeth Scotto-Lavino

In the call for proposals for this special issue, activist networks were defined as virtual or in person communities devoted to social change. The impact for girls active in these networks has been shown to promote identity development and de-marginalization/empowerment/reclamation of political spaces where girls are marginalized, intergenerational collaboration among women, and community building among feminists. In this study, we seek to explore how women at different generational points reflect on and remember their engagement in social activism. Understanding how these generational shifts affect the impact of social capital on the lives of these women and the changes we might see as they mature into leaders will provide a platform to better understand the influence of belonging to such networks during girlhood.


2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaojun Li ◽  
Mike Savage ◽  
Andrew Pickles

This paper studies the changing distribution of social capital and its impact on class formation in England and Wales from a ‘class structural’ perspective. It compares data from the Social Mobility Inquiry (1972) and the British Household Panel Survey (1992 and 1998) to show a distinct change in the class profiling of membership in civic organisations, with traditionally working-class dominated associations losing their working-class character, and middle-class dominated associations becoming even more middle-class dominated. Similar changes are evident for class-differentiated patterns of friendship. Our study indicates the class polarization of social capital in England and Wales.


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