Social Differentiation And Social Integration In The Process Of Modernization

In a sense, The process of modernization is also the process of social differentiation and social integration.In the process of modernization, different states are facing different degree of problems about the social order, since the stage of social development,the degree of differentiation and integration of the society are different with each other.Especially under the increasing factor of the "world history", greater risks and challenges are in front of social stability and development.Reasonable response to the social differentiation, strengthen the social integration, become great historical subjects which must be solved.As the contemporary Chinese modernization are speeding up, Research on the social differentiation and social integration are becoming much more indispensable and urgent.Social differentiation and social integration problem have always been the themes on which the thinkers are spending time, especially after the launch of modernization, They are all trying to give them reasonble interpretionfrom different aspects and perspectives.In light of the needs of theoretical research and practical action, this paper is based on the research of social philosophy, focusing on the modernization of social development, adhering to the standpoint of historical materialism, paying attention to absorb the new research result of historical materialism,especially using the theory of multidimensional perspective about the evolution of social form, utilizing the method of historical materialism, the consistent of logic and history, structure and function analysising, system analysising, literature researching, from the diachronic and tense angle, factual and normative, Making total and reflective research on the differentiation and integration of human society during the process of modernization.so as to reveal the law of differentiation and integration during the modernization of human society, then put forward the question and solution about the social differentiation and social integration in contemporary china.Based on the multidimensional Angle in observing the form of society, we can find that the traditional social structure has the following characteristics.In terms of the general characteristics of traditional society, the status and function of politics are more prominent than other areas,so as to make the traditional society as a whole untiy during which the political unity state is the core.In the area of the economy, society is a kind of natural economy during which the traditional customs and practices have dominant position.Agriculture accounts for absolute dominant position during traditional industrial structure.From the point of politis,in general, traditional society is autocratic and hierarchical, at the same time, the family play an important role in the political aspect as a biological community.In the field of culture, the most notable features of traditional society is the control of single doctrine which often has the feature of religion and ethic.But with the development of technology and the division of labor, capital accumulation and expansion,political democratization,the awakening of subjective consciousness,the traditional social structure gradually disintegrate.This leads to a certain degree of development during various fields of society, but at the same time, also cause many problems.On the one hand,the differentiation of traditional social structure system has led to excessive separation during some social fields or areas,which is bad to social order and social development;On the other hand, causing crisis such as resources and environment conditions.so a modest integration of social structure system is necessary.In modern society, the representatives of ruling class(generally the parties) are the main body of the process of social integration.The social structure is the object, which includes the basic fields such as economy, politics, culture.The means of social integration mainly include the economic means, politics and culture approach.The object of the social integration is the coordination between various fields,each field is in the positioning itself in the social structure system according to the logic, playing its own function, then functional coupling, realizing the coordinated development of various fields,improving a person’s real life state.Social integration mechanism is process of the main body of social integration using all kinds of approaches which are act on the social structure system.The establishment and perfection of different social integration mechanism eventually formed the different integration patterns.In the process of the modernization, the mode of social integration is divided into economy dominated social integration mode and politics dominated social integration mode.Social differentiation and social integration is the double logic of social development, it is the differentiation and integration of society promoting the social development.The degree of social differentiation and integration also reflects a level of social development. different stages of Modernization, different nation and even different stages of the same will present a different social differentiation and integration.These different shapes can be roughly divided into four kinds, namely high differentiation and high integration, high integration and low integration, low integration and high integration, low differentiation and low integration.Contemporary Chinese society is experiencing a kind of special dual transformation,the modernization of China is faced with special circumstances.Excessive social differentiation and lack of social differentiation coexist. The problem about social integration is more complex,and there is urgent need to strengthen social integration.At the same time, favorable conditions of reasonable differentiation and integration of society need to be further created.For this purpose,we must take certain measures, creating favorable conditions for social reasonable differentiation and integration,promoting social reasonable differentiation, strengthening social integration,making stable,harmonious,effective, sustainable development of the various fields of society, realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.