scholarly journals Egology and Hermeneutics: the Inspiration of Greimas and Kavolis in the Cultural Philosophy of Sverdiolas

Problemos ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Gintautas Mažeikis
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Cultural Sociology ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
Existential Phenomenology ◽  
Personal Choice ◽  
Cultural Philosophy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Crisis ◽  
Crisis Of Meaning

The purpose of the article is to analyze how existential phenomenology and hermeneutics of Sverdiolas helps to understand the formation of culture as a transcendental process in the periods of the social and cultural crisis. Sverdiolas explains in detail the egology of Greimas and the cultural sociology of Kavolis, their understanding of the crisis, the exile and decline of cultures, and the radical choices of public intellectuals. Since much is said about egology and participatory understanding, the article develops the concept of hermeneutical anthropology. In this connection, we discuss Sverdiolas’s relation to the hermeneutical anthropology of Cl. Geertz and the condition of the transgressive being, which partly explains the role of personal choice in the time of cultural crisis. The article asks where and how do existential hermeneutics become anthropological or sociological. Greimas is discussed in the context of the crisis of meaning and phenomenological egology, and Kavolis in the context of group symbolic interactionism, the sociology of trust and friendship.

“A FIGURE OF OUR TIMES”

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-278
Author(s):  
Christa Buschendorf ◽  
Cornel West
Keyword(s):  
Black Community ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
Specific Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prophetic Tradition ◽  
Role Of Religion

This interview is part of a larger project on the Black prophetic tradition and its impact on today's ongoing struggle for justice and equality. We are concerned with the special challenges facing Black public intellectuals and activists, particularly with the impediments deriving from their position as outsiders in society; we consider the philosophical and political voices that helped form their own thinking as well as the social conditions that shaped them; and we reflect on the role of religion in their lives and its specific function in the Black community.2

scholarly journals Blogging Identities on Israel/Palestine: Public Intellectuals and Their Audiences

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mira Sucharov ◽  
Brent E. Sasley
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
Academic Involvement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Literacy ◽  
Popular Writing

AbstractDrawing on our research and blogging on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we make three claims about the role of scholar-bloggers in the social media age. First, as scholar-bloggers with some degree of ethno-national attachments related to our area of expertise, we contend that we are well positioned to issue the kinds of critiques that may resonate more deeply due to the very subjectivity that some perceive as a liability. Second, through the melding of scholarly arguments with popular writing forms, scholar-bloggers are uniquely poised to be at the forefront of public engagement and political literacy both with social media publics and with students. Third, the subjectivity hazard is an intrinsic part of any type of research and writing, whether that writing is aimed at a scholarly audience or any other, and should not be used as an argument against academic involvement in social media. Ultimately, subjectivities of both consumers and producers can evolve through these highly interactive media, a dynamic that deserves further examination.

scholarly journals Protestant Ethics-In-Action

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-149
Author(s):  
Anders Sevelsted
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Cultural Sociology ◽  
Social Question ◽  
European Tradition ◽  
Cultural Schemas ◽  
The Social

AbstractThis article shows how voluntary social work in late 19th/early 20th century Copenhagen emerged as the result of several creative re-interpretations of the cultural schemas of revivalist Protestantism as urban revivalists faced the social question. Informed by pragmatist cultural sociology, the concept of “collective soteriology” is introduced as a way of analyzing the Protestant reinterpretations in terms of doctrine, ideals of community, and recipes for action. It is shown how Lutheran revivalist ideas at the same time encouraged, constrained, and shaped the voluntary social action undertaken. The paper aims to uncover a sociologically neglected European tradition of civic action, to contribute to the sociology of Protestantism’s influence on civil society, and to develop a theoretical framework for analyzing the role of ideas in non-contentious collective action.

Seeking Truth

2022 ◽  
pp. 97-120
Author(s):  
Arthur Shelley
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
American Mind ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Living Process

Truth is a living process playing out in each human mind/brain. That is, your truth is the sum of your own knowledge and experiences. One person's “truth” can be regarded as just another perspective in others' eyes. Absolute truths are difficult to define, especially in the social aspects of human interactions. This chapter provides a foundational understanding of truth as a changing target relative to self. The role of the Mediasphere is explored in terms of its influence on creating a collective societal reality, a collective consciousness. Specific attention is given to the importance of symbolic interactionism – consistent with the knowledge capacity explored in terms of neuroscience findings on how memories are stored in the mind/brain. To better understand what is happening in today's environment, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and brainwashing are explored in terms of their relationship with truth, and the attack on the American mind is addressed. An addendum includes three tools for breaking the pattern of untruths: truth searching, rhythm disruptor, and humility.

Civil Society and the Struggle for Democratic Transition in Modern Nigerian Drama: Ken Saro–Wiwa's and Wole Soyinka's

Matatu ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Schulze–Engler
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Democratic Transition ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The Social

In the wake of new democratic movements in Africa, the dynamic of democratic transition has become a key issue not only for the social sciences but also for literary studies. The following essay analyses the seminal role of the politics of civil society in two contemporary plays, Ken Saro–Wiwa's and Wole Soyinka's , reading them against the background of the turmoil undergone by Nigerian society in the 1980 s and 90 s. Not only have both authors been heavily involved as 'public intellectuals' in Nigeria's democratic transition, but they have also satirically highlighted the shortcomings of contemporary Nigerian society in their literary works. Both plays have contributed to setting up a public sphere shaped by the politics of civil society rather than those of ethnicity or religious fervour and have thus assisted in the 're-invention' of the Nigerian nation at an historical juncture where those responsible for ruling the country seemed about to destroy it altogether.

scholarly journals Gloc-9 as Organic Public Intellectual: Hip and Polished, Raw and Cool

Plaridel ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-48
Author(s):  
Lara Katrina Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Public Intellectuals ◽  
Political Will ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Definition Of

This paper will present Aristotle Pollisco—the singer-rapper-songwriter known as Gloc-9—as an organic and a as-yet-unrealised public intellectual. The term “organic” describes Gloc 9’s lack of academic or institutional recognition. No academic institutions recognize his level of influence and power. As a public intellectual, however, Gloc-9 enjoys immense popularity with his core fanbase, which is largely made up of listeners from the lower classes. This paper uses both Antonio Gramsci’s definition of the organic public intellectual and Edward Said’s claim regarding the exhortation of public intellectuals who exercise their political will in the public sphere. Mikhail Bakhtin’s discourse on the carnivalesque will bolster this paper’s claim that Gloc-9 assumes the role of an organic public intellectual through his music. In attempting to confront powerful institutions, Gloc-9 upends the social order through his songs rather than engaging other public intellectuals and scholars in ideological discourse. The paper will closely examine five of Gloc-9’s chart-topping songs dealing with poverty, social injustice, gender inequality, and corruption.

Social Representations and Commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bonetto ◽  
Fabien Girandola ◽  
Grégory Lo Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
First Line ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
English Articles

Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and communications, a bibliographic search was carried out (between February and December, 2016) on various databases using the keywords “commitment” and “social representation,” in the singular and in the plural, in French and in English. Articles published in English or in French, that explicitly made reference to both terms, were included. The relations between commitment and social representations are approached according to two approaches or complementary lines. The first line follows the role of commitment in the representational dynamics: how can commitment transform the representations? This articulation gathers most of the work on the topic. The second line envisages the social representations as determinants of commitment procedures: how can these representations influence the effects of commitment procedures? This literature review will identify unexploited tracks, as well as research perspectives for both areas of research.

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