Social entropy is a macrosociological systems theory. Social Entropy is a measure of the natural decay within a social system. It can refer to the decomposition of social structure or of the disappearance of social distinctions. Much of the energy consumed by a social organisation is spent to maintain its structure, counteracting social entropy, e.g., through legal institutions, education and even the promotion of television viewing. Anarchy is the maximum state of social entropy-wiki

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Rudolg Clausius used the entropy concept to develop what has become know as the second law of thermodynamics. According to this principle, the entropy of any physical system tends to increase. It follows that the only stable condition is one of maximum entropy, sometimes interpreted to mean total randomness. The second law of thermodynamics poses an extremely serious problems for social theory. If this law is correct, how can we explain systems of social interaction in which entropy appears to decrease rather than increase? And what implications does the second law have for the notion of social euilibrium? Is the only true social equilibrium a condition of total randomness tantaamount to the disintegration of society?
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