Conceptintroduction
Itisthestageofsocialdevelopmentfollowingtheagriculturalsocietyorthetraditionalsociety.Sometimescalledmodernsociety.Thelightindustryistheearlystageoftheindustrialsociety;theheavyindustryisthelatestageoftheindustrialsociety;fromtheappearanceofthesteamenginetothe1970sand1980sbeforethewidespreadapplicationofelectronicinformationtechnology.Industrialsocietytakeseconomicgrowthasitsaxisandcompeteswiththeprocessednature.Machinesareresourcesandtherulersofsociety.
Basiccharacteristics
Itisgenerallybelievedthattheindustrialsocietyhasthefollowingcharacteristics:
①AspecializedsocietycenteredontheuseoflargemachinesandtheconsumptionofinanimateenergyLarge-scaleproductionoccupiesadominantpositioninthesocialeconomy.
②Thescienceandtechnologyarehighlydeveloped,andtheproductionefficiencyiscomprehensivelyimproved.
③Thedivisionofsocietyisfierceandthedivisionoflaborisfine.
④Socialmobilityhasincreased,andkarmicrelationshipshavereplacedbloodandgeographicrelationshipsasthemainformofpeople’ssocialrelationships.Theopportunitiesforpersonaldevelopmentandthedegreeofautonomyhaveincreased.
⑤Theruleoflawreplacestheruleofmanasthebasicmethodoftheoperationofthepoliticalsystem,andthedegreeofdemocratizationofsocietyhasincreased.
⑥Thenumberandscaleofcitieshaveincreased,andtheproportionofagriculturalpopulationhasdroppedtolessthanhalf.
⑦Themeansoftransportationandcommunicationarehighlydeveloped,andindividuals,groups,organizations,regions,andcountriesarebecomingmoreopen.
⑧People’sideasarefullyupdated,competitionandtimearestrengthened,andadvocatingscience,believingintruth,andpursuingchangehavebecomepeople’sbasicbehaviororvalueorientation.
SocialDisadvantages
①Industrialsocietyevolvedonthebasisofthematerialandspiritualwealthaccumulatedforalongtimeintheagriculturalsociety,andittranscendedtheagriculturalsociety.However,theindustrialsocietyTherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureinsocietyhaschangedfromconformitytoplunder,whichhasledtothedeteriorationoftheecologicalenvironment;
②Theextremedevelopmentofurbanizationhascompressedpeople’slivingspace;
③High-tempo,Thelifeofstrongcompetitionhasincreasedthepsychologicalburdenandphysicaldiscomfortofpeople;
④Thematerialismininterpersonalcommunicationhasledtotheseparationbetweenpeople.