From Meta-Core to Praxis: Structural Differentiation and the Extended Axial Architecture of Systemic Dynamics

This working paper develops an extension of the axial system-theoretical architecture through the introduction of two secondary co-axes—the Stabilization Axis and the Legitimacy–Authority Axis—together with a mediating praxis-translation layer. Building upon the prior formulation of the meta-core and the axial field, the study clarifies how systemic tendencies toward coherence, distortion, and re-centering become differentiated into transformation, resistance, symbolic mediation, and operative socio-symbolic praxis. The paper re-establishes the meta-core as the foundational systemic horizon governing coherence-seeking behavior, distortion under misalignment, and re-centering pressure. It then formalizes the axial differentiation between transformation, stabilization, and legitimacy, demonstrating how these dimensions interact configurationally rather than deterministically. The Stabilization Axis explains persistence, inertia, and resistance to reconfiguration, while the Legitimacy–Authority Axis explains recognition, credibility, symbolic authority, and normative alignment. The praxis-translation layer further explains how systemic pressure becomes operationalized within lived, institutional, cognitive, and symbolic reality. Special attention is given to the role of Cognitive Gynocentric Telegony (CGT), the Feminine Moral Axis (FMA), and Ideo-Telegony as vectors of praxis-translation. These vectors mediate the translation of structural pressure into cognitive orientation, moral valuation, ideological reproduction, normalization, and regulatory affirmation without constituting meta-principles themselves. The paper argues that systemic struggle should not be treated as a primary explanatory principle, but as an emergent manifestation of unresolved tension within the triadic interaction of transformation, stabilization, and legitimacy. By integrating these dimensions into a unified dynamic, the working paper presents a non-reductive and configurational account of systemic evolution capable of explaining smooth transformation, prolonged instability, symbolic conflict, structural persistence, and integrative normalization. The study contributes to the broader development of Integrative Theoretical System Studies (ITSS) and Integrative System-Theoretical Realism (ISTR) by increasing the explanatory resolution and internal differentiation of the axial architecture while preserving its structural coherence and multi-axial character.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-05-14
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20176789
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Critical Realism in Sociology
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From Meta-Core to Praxis: Structural Differentiation and the Extended Axial Architecture of Systemic Dynamics

Yoav Levin
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Critical Realism in Sociology
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From Meta-Core to Praxis: Structural Differentiation and the Extended Axial Architecture of Systemic Dynamics

Yoav Levin
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This working paper develops an extension of the axial system-theoretical architecture through the introduction of two secondary co-axes—the Stabilization Axis and the Legitimacy–Authority Axis—together with a mediating praxis-translation layer. Building upon the prior formulation of the meta-core and the axial field, the study clarifies how systemic tendencies toward coherence, distortion, and re-centering become differentiated into transformation, resistance, symbolic mediation, and operative socio-symbolic praxis. The paper re-establishes the meta-core as the foundational systemic horizon governing coherence-seeking behavior, distortion under misalignment, and re-centering pressure. It then formalizes the axial differentiation between transformation, stabilization, and legitimacy, demonstrating how these dimensions interact configurationally rather than deterministically. The Stabilization Axis explains persistence, inertia, and resistance to reconfiguration, while the Legitimacy–Authority Axis explains recognition, credibility, symbolic authority, and normative alignment. The praxis-translation layer further explains how systemic pressure becomes operationalized within lived, institutional, cognitive, and symbolic reality. Special attention is given to the role of Cognitive Gynocentric Telegony (CGT), the Feminine Moral Axis (FMA), and Ideo-Telegony as vectors of praxis-translation. These vectors mediate the translation of structural pressure into cognitive orientation, moral valuation, ideological reproduction, normalization, and regulatory affirmation without constituting meta-principles themselves. The paper argues that systemic struggle should not be treated as a primary explanatory principle, but as an emergent manifestation of unresolved tension within the triadic interaction of transformation, stabilization, and legitimacy. By integrating these dimensions into a unified dynamic, the working paper presents a non-reductive and configurational account of systemic evolution capable of explaining smooth transformation, prolonged instability, symbolic conflict, structural persistence, and integrative normalization. The study contributes to the broader development of Integrative Theoretical System Studies (ITSS) and Integrative System-Theoretical Realism (ISTR) by increasing the explanatory resolution and internal differentiation of the axial architecture while preserving its structural coherence and multi-axial character.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Critical Realism in Sociology
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