Study On The Role Of Social Capital In Political Philosophy

Social capital is a word of powerful explanation in modern society. Especiallypeople face a series of difficulties and the strain of interpersonal relationships in modernsociety. It is necessary to profound philosophical reflection on human and interpersonalrelationships in the context of contemporary. First of all, this article from the socialcapital concept systematically illustrates the concept of social capital, features and putforward dynamic mechanism of the formation of social capital and sustainingmechanisms. Social capital generated can not be separated from human contact practice.Practice is the premise and foundation of social capital building. Trust relationshipsform the core of social capital. System is the guarantee of the maintenance anddevelopment of social capital. Secondly, this article discuses the role of social capital tothe development of civil society.Social capital is generated in the civil society, andpromoted the development of civil society. Social capital is the development of civilsociety coheres. Promotion of social capital and civil society achieved mainly throughtwo channels: one is that social capital that achieve development goals for itself in thepublic interest goes beyond the binary opposition of individual interests and overallinterests; the second is that to promote civil society formation of spontaneous socialorder has laid a foundation for the development of democracy. Thirdly, the role of socialcapital in the political arena is mainly reflected in the pursuit of democracy. Socialcapital provides a citizen participation base for the functioning of the democratic. Onthe one hand, social capital and health trust help to foster a sense of civic identity ofdemocratic politics. On the other hand, Social capital can provide channels for citizen’sorderly participation in political life, improving citizen’s sense of autonomy, improvingcitizen’s sense of cooperation and spirit of compromise. Constraints on the power ofsocial capital and equity demand are further enhanced the capacity of citizens toparticipate in political. This is democracy achievable objective basis. Finally, this article explores the role of social capital and the construction of contemporary Chineseharmonious. Relationship and interest are generated two dimensions of social capital incontemporary China. It also put forward a path to China’s social construction of capital,such as expands contacts, build civil society, institutional design, and so on, in order toincrease the stock of social capital, promoting the development of harmonious society.