Transcript It´s embryonic / emerging

Some contextual remarks on being critical (1of2):
• Views:
– Pre modern
– Modern
– Post modern
• Critical post modern
• Affirmative post modern
– Integral
– Non-dual ( containing, transcending all prev )
Some contextual remarks on being critical (2of2):
We all live under the same sky,
but have different horizons
( where mine is slowly slowly losing its blur )
factors contributing to the rise of the new class:
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secularization
rise of vernacular languages
breakdown of feudal & personal patronage
corresponding growth of an anonymous market for the products & services of nc
character & dev´t of emerging nc depended importantly on multi-national structure of
European polities
waning of the extended patriarchal family / rise of the smaller, nuclear family
following the French revolution, mainly in France & Germany, there is a profound
reformation & extension on secular, multi-class education (college, poly-technic,
university)
factors contributing to the rise of the new class
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education becomes increasingly separated from family system, also re values
increasing influence of the state on education matters decreases localistic
perspective
education changes students´ attitude from casual > reflexive speech; from restricted
> elaborated ones. Claims can refer decreasingly to formal authority / social status
the latter tendency diverges from daily life / tends to question it, even when linked to
upper classes.
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the new class is a world historical phenomenon
It consists of intelligentsia ( ex: mba ) and intellectuals ( ex: dba )
foundations needed for the new class:
- theory of its distinctive discourse
- a general theory of capital, with the new class ´human capital´ and old class´
´moneyed capital´ as special cases
knowledge & knowledge systems are important in shaping social outcomes. These
aren't disembodied eternal essences , but ideologies of special social classes
knowledge systems are one of the best hopes for a humane reconstruction, as well
as historically shaped forces that embody limits & pathologies
conceptions of the new class:
- benign technocrats (Galbraith)
- the new class as master class (uses education, rather than money, to exploit
others: Bakunin)
- the new class as old class ally, uplifting quality of elite (Talcott Parsons)
- the new class as servants of power / corrupt & weak (Chomsky)
- the new class as flawed universal class (Gouldner). It´s self-seeking, but also
is probably history's best card, even being morally ambiguous.
It´s embryonic / emerging. It's also internally divided
a class could be defined by its relation to means of production.
With the new class the relation with cultural capital is important
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Defects in the Marxist scenario
Peasants and vanguards
New class, visible & invisible
Arena's of context
The New class as a cultural bourgeoisie
The New class as a speech community
Education and the reproduction of the New class
Intelligentsia & intellectuals
Old line bureaucrats, new staff intelligentsia
Revolutionary intellectuals
The alienation of intellectuals and intelligentsia
The family in the reproduction of alienation
Dilemma's of Marxism and the vanguard organization
The flawed universal class
The political context
Consolations for a dying class
Intellectuals are well equipped (1of2)
• Intellectuals have the best cards in the
foreseeable future to make a durable change
for the better, due to
– Their skills & knowledge on which modern
production depends
– Their sensitivity to interests of
• other stakeholders
• ecology
Intellectuals are well equipped (2of2)
– That they're a strong force against all forms of
censorship, thus enabling societal interests that
transcends a kind of rationality invested in
technology
– That they're a stronger driving force behind
cosmopolitanism than previous ruling classes
( due to their command of common code (´culture of critical discourse´),
languages, membership of int´l org´s )
My perspective (1of2)
• The bottom line should be: does it reduce suffering, does it
enhance life ( for all, on all stages of development )
• There are only perspectives
• Not all perspectives are equal
– The more it accommodates for various types of phenomena, ie from all
native disciplines
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phenomenology
structuralism
autopoiesis
empiricism
hermeneutics
cultural anthropology
social autopoiesis
systems theory
– The more value it has for a developmental perspective
My perspective (2of2)
• Some sources for this developmental perspective:
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Bergson
Gebser
Marx
Maslow
Nietzsche
Plato
Plotinus
Schelling
Whitehead
Wilber
Wittgenstein
( creative evolution )
( cultural transformational sequence )
( -dev´t in- techo-economic structure sets -dev´t in- cultural superstructure )
( hierarchy of self deployment )
( immoralist phase > free thinker phase > ubermensch > independent man )
( Eros, wisdom, good-true-beautiful )
( the One overflows and creates a new reality by its superabundance )
( spirit is the only -unfolding- reality )
( prehension )
( AQAL development )
( philosophies are therapy )
– In general: all thinkers from / on eastern & western mysticism
back to the book..
Intellectuals are well equipped..
Likely, but they're badly flawed (1of5)
Intellectuals are well equipped..
Likely, but they're badly flawed (2of5)
• the new class replaces the moneyed class´
domination with its own version
• its culture of discourse fosters a purely theoretical
stance re the world > speakers are held competent
for showing ability to know & talk about the rules
( rather than walk them )
> doctrinal conformity, ritualism, sectarianism,
inhibition of play / imagination / passion
Intellectuals are well equipped..
Likely, but they're badly flawed (3of5)
Intellectuals are well equipped..
Likely, but they're badly flawed (4of5)
[email protected]
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Dear President Bush,
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I call on you as President of the USA not to betray the Kyoto Protocol. The
United States must live up to its commitment to the UN negotiations to
prevent global warming. Sabotaging the Kyoto Protocol puts the USA into a
position of environmental isolationism and makes it responsible for climate
catastrophe.
The US has one of the highest per capita CO2 emissions in the world.
People around the world already faced with the first signs of climate
change, suffering from floods and hurricanes, expect your country to be in
the forefront of tackling climate change. An enormous potential of creativity,
innovation and efficiency is there to be harvested once we have decided to
really reduce CO2 emission. If you fail to reverse your decision to kill the
Kyoto Protocol, future generations will not forgive you.
President Bush, the science is clear and the international political will is
there to tackle climate change. The US must join the world in fighting
climate change.
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Sincerely,
Intellectuals are well equipped..
Likely, but they're badly flawed (5of5)
The road ahead..
pre modern > modern > affirmative post modern
is implicit criticism on Gouldner: he doesn´t show a way out
pre modern > modern > affirmative post modern
• deconstructing ineffective,
uncaring, alienated views
• focus on values, ethics, morals
• focus on connections between
techno-economic structures &
culture
• gives hope by showing the
contours of an emergent of a
sustainable global society
• but: omits interior domain > how
are things experienced..
pre modern > modern > post modern > integral
is implicit criticism on Gouldner: he doesn´t show interiors ( culture, psychology )
native perspectives
( integral 1of5 )
major methodologies
( integral 2of5 )
validations
( integral 3of5 )
basic framework ( quadrants )
( integral 4of5 )
lines of dev´t in basic framework
( integral 5of5 )
summary
back to the book..
Conclusion
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Conclusion
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• since the new class is emerging
– its qualities are relatively unset, rendering a critique of
flawedness premature
– it has relatively much free space to determine its
course, but does so under historically pressing /
irreversible circumstances
– on an individual level it means a large responsibility to
be open, think, talk, walk
– Gouldner´s critique is a clear wake up call, but
doesn´t convince, due to lack of interior aspects
Conclusion
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• aspects of
reality Gouldner
leaves out
– intersubjective
( cultural )
– subjective
( intentional )
– objective
( behavioral )
Conclusion
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• Why taking all aspects into account ?
– ignoring them leads to flawed understanding
– flawed understanding leads to feedback
loops, with
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ignoring relevant information
false consciousness
ineffective action
suffering
Which leads to a conflict with my bottom line:
does it reduce suffering, does it enhance life