Status Quo
We explain what the status quo and the origin of the term. In addition, its different meanings and what it refers to.
What s el status quo?
Statu quo, pronounced commonly and status c o (adding ), is a term from the Latin It is used as a synonym for the state of affairs at a given time.
It comes from a more extensive Latin address: stat status quo ante bellum, which literally means the state of things before the war and refers to the return of the troops in a armed conflict, returning to the starting point before violence was unleashed without gaining or losing territory, which amounts to a sort of empate between the sides. It is a principle used in international treaties on the subject.
This term is used to refer to the current situation of a given moment in a nation, a system or a historical moment, particularly in the political sphere or Sociological.
When talking about the status quo, then allusion is made to the balance of powers in force at a time, or the system prevailing in a society, or the way things are.
In this way, the agents, processes or arguments that favor the status quo are those considered conservative: they value the way things are and do not understand that there is a need for change, that is, they are the opposite of revolutionaries or avant-garde. The latter, on the other hand, advocate a new order, a different one, and if they succeed, they will in turn become pro-status quo.
Therefore, the term can be used for a wide variety of situations or contexts, but always referring to the mode in which things are or, in the same way, to the tradition n, to the inherited values and the way in which things have always been done .
This specific term should not be confused with the name of the British rock band Status quo (with s at the end of the first word), formed in 1962 and initially called The Scorpions, The Spectres y Traffic Jam.
See also: Perception.
