social formation

is a totality of instances articulated on the basis of a determinate mode of production.

totality of instances articulated on the basis of a determinate mode of production' (Althusser and Balibar, 1970, 207).

is always vulnerable to fail because it is reproduced through the uncertainty inherent in the reenactment of norms.

Since all social formations are reproduced through a reenactment of norms, this makes these formations vulnerable because each restatement/reenactment can fail' (Mahmood 2005:19).

social formation, n.Definitions

social formation