SOCIAL CONTROL: A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND SOCIAL SENTIMENT
The evolution of ideas about social control in the sociological theories of the twentieth century gives grounds to consider this concept as a systemic one, connected with ideas about social regulation, social order, social stability and justice on the one hand, and abnormality, deviations and social tension on the other. According to the author, the increase in negative connotations of ideas about social control is associated with an increase in pessimistic moods in society. The article shows that the principles of social control are largely based on the use of anxious moods that exist in the public consciousness. The author concludes that a more technological society forms more subtle and at the same time more total forms of social control that maintain an atmosphere of anxiety .