Dominations and Powers. He permits us to better appreciate the place of this work at the start no less than conclusion of Santayana’s long career. For the author of. The work is divided into three major parts: the generative order of society, which covers growth in the jungle, economic arts, and the liberal arts; the militant order of society, which examines factions and enterprise; and the rational order of society, which contains one of the most sustained critiques of democratic systems and liberal ideologies extant.