Historical space and processes of modernization. Some criterional and epistemological notes

The relevance of historical events for a certain society is reflected foremost in the degree of development of its internal connections by means of which it is constituted as a geopolitical entity. The relative time of reproduction of its social structures is in fact the society's specific social time. The latter depends on the dynamics of global processes which cut into society's social space. Essential are those processes that determine the order of accumulation of capital, because this in turn is connected with the mode and range of social and political regulation, i.e. normative socialization and the institutional development of society. Processes of globalization are increasingly raising doubts about understanding society constituted as a state-nation. The general civilizational attitude towards the sum-total of life conditions is reflected in the dynamic articulation of different forms of capital as the relationship between the distribution/allocation of social resources and social power.