I have been thinking a lot recently about society and how politics relates to it.
Some random thoughts:
In the minds of most people is a "myth" of a social continuum (although Jung thought it was more than a myth) in which society stretches back into the past and forward into the future. This social continuum is where most people mentally "live". They may have a shadowy idea of the past, they may have a tenuous idea of the future, but they imagine society as a continuous stream in which they and their families are located.
This social stream is an impersonal force which tends to include conformists, and exclude non-conformists.
On the whole the Conservative party emphasises continuity and conformity (social cohesian although it can also be seen as social repression) and Labour emphasises a process of renewal and safeguards for non-conformists (social inclusion although it can also be seen as social disintegration).
Conservatives broadly want society to go on the way it is, Labour broadly wants to stop and start again.
Some random thoughts:
In the minds of most people is a "myth" of a social continuum (although Jung thought it was more than a myth) in which society stretches back into the past and forward into the future. This social continuum is where most people mentally "live". They may have a shadowy idea of the past, they may have a tenuous idea of the future, but they imagine society as a continuous stream in which they and their families are located.
This social stream is an impersonal force which tends to include conformists, and exclude non-conformists.
On the whole the Conservative party emphasises continuity and conformity (social cohesian although it can also be seen as social repression) and Labour emphasises a process of renewal and safeguards for non-conformists (social inclusion although it can also be seen as social disintegration).
Conservatives broadly want society to go on the way it is, Labour broadly wants to stop and start again.
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