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Society: "Society" refers to a group of individuals living together in a community, sharing common norms, values, and institutions, and often governed by established rules or laws. It encompasses social interactions, relationships, and collective organization within a given geographical or cultural context. See also Community, Culture, State, Norms, Values, Institutions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Régis Debray on Society - Dictionary of Arguments
Sokal I 201 Society/Debray/Bricmont/Sokal: (R. Debray 1981)(1): It is quite natural that groups have something irrational about themselves, because if this were different, there would be no groups. It is positive that they have something mystical about them, because a... Sokal I 202 ...demystified society would be a pulverized society. (Debray 1981(1), p. 262). SokalVsDebray: according to Debray, therefore, it is neither possible for the people to rule over the people nor a demystified society is possible and apparently for strictly logical reasons. But if his argumentation were valid, one could prove the existence of God with it, as the following statement suggests: Incompleteness/Debray: (Debray 1981, p. 264): Incompleteness demands that a set by definition, cannot be a substance in the sense of Spinoza: something that exists in itself and is received by itself. It needs a cause (to produce it) and it is not its own cause. Proof of God/God/Debray/SokalVsDebray: nevertheless, Debray denies the existence of God (p. 263) without justifying why it is not a logical consequence of his "sentence". >Substance/Spinoza, >Proofs of God's existence. 1. R. Debray, Critique de la raison politique, Paris, 1981._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Debr I Régis Debray Critique de la raison politique ou l’Inconscient religieux Paris 1987 Sokal I Alan Sokal Jean Bricmont Fashionabel Nonsense. Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse of Science, New York 1998 German Edition: Eleganter Unsinn. Wie die Denker der Postmoderne die Wissenschaften missbrauchen München 1999 Sokal II Alan Sokal Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science New York 1999 |