ABSTRACT
Bipolar coding of social categories has been the habitual vehicle of sociopolitical orientation in future directed societies. In modern Western history, bipolar code has been in general use. Different accounts of the breaking down of the strong bipolar code exist; but one of them encompasses several, if not all, explanations. The preservation of strong bipolar coding in sociopolitical practice and judgment is conducive to an overreduction of complexity; in fact, its very use is tantamount to it. All objectives and issues represented by the bulk of feminist movements contribute to the increase in freedoms, although these issues are different in kind and no one can embrace all of them. Since certain traditions are irrevocably gone, authentic conservative movements or projects can focus, at least in a modern environment, on only three issues: family, religion, and race. Conservatism expresses the fear of change, the fear of such consequences that may ensue from the destruction of traditional authorities.
