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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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Michel Serres on Society - Dictionary of Arguments
Sokal I 203 Society/Serres/Bricmont/Sokal: in Serres's remarks about the Ancien régime(1) you can find the following pearl: Sokal I 204 Serres: "At that time, the clergy occupied a definite place in society. This place, this ruling and dominated, neither dominated yet ruling positions within each class, both ruling and dominated, does not belong to either of the two, neither dominated nor ruling".(2) For the correct use of the concepts of physics, mathematics, and set theory see >Sokal/Bricmont, >Feynman, >Thorne, >Gribbin, or >Hacking. 1. M. Serres,"Paris 1800" in: M. Authier (Ed.) Elemente einer Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt/M. 1994, p, 636ff. 2. Ibid. p. 641_____________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. |
Serres I M. Serres The Five Senses: A Philosophy of Mingled Bodies 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 |