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about the significant issues in “present” time. Although social cognition does not allow valuation

of future opportunities in one way, it knows what we know and what the ultimate aim is.

Transition period

Ontology Empiric

The change in internal ideal Distortion of external forms of
structure of socio-cultural socio-cultural system
phenomenon

Macro-level Micro-level
Macro-level Micro-level
Regression in all Socio-ideological
Socio-cultural “Penetration” of levels of society crisis in social
stagnation; new ideal socio- life integration process
creation of new cultural structure
ideal structure into the deep
levels of socio-
economic system

Picture 9. Time “featheriness” of the historical process

From this point of view future is reflected from 2 aspects:

1. What is next? The far future creates the following question: for example, whether there

will be the transfer from the post-industrial society? Or what is the nature and substance of the
new transferred society? Considering that there is no exact answer and word “postindustrial” has

no specific meaning rather than “period after industrial”, we will understand the complexity of
the issue. Thus, there is not even name of the stage desired by us. At the same time we cannot

call it transition period.
2. There is determined “future” in some regions of the world: for example, the current

situation of the postindustrial developed countries is “future” for the developing countries. The

economic time variety, speed and “density” degree brings about different reflection of the future.

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