Separate discourse?
"a never ending self -referring, self-rationlising circle of discourse" no linkage to universal human need, (a meta-narative?) life support... no access to ultra stability (Ashby) a reflection of the market system...?
Meanwhile - issues of inequality (between groups/discourse communities) are proven to have major effects on physical health, mental health, drug abuse, and violence etc
& Innovation is greater in more equal countries
http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/why/evidence
I believe certain self-sustaining discourses, if non- inclusive are a serious threat to our survival (such as the neo-liberal market discourse) and a source of inequality. Hence I cannot take exclusively a strong post-structuralist stance. Neither do I believe in simplistic reductionist positivism, although certiain scientific 'truths' (probabilities) should not be ignored if we are concerned with our safety (eg gravity & climate change). So a moderate Social Constructionist position is what I am left with with... from a research point of view...
(maybe some avenues of stronger constructionism that are not exclusive/exploitative and take into account equality may be of value, similarly for post-positivism)
"a never ending self -referring, self-rationlising circle of discourse" no linkage to universal human need, (a meta-narative?) life support... no access to ultra stability (Ashby) a reflection of the market system...?
Meanwhile - issues of inequality (between groups/discourse communities) are proven to have major effects on physical health, mental health, drug abuse, and violence etc
& Innovation is greater in more equal countries
http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/why/evidence
I believe certain self-sustaining discourses, if non- inclusive are a serious threat to our survival (such as the neo-liberal market discourse) and a source of inequality. Hence I cannot take exclusively a strong post-structuralist stance. Neither do I believe in simplistic reductionist positivism, although certiain scientific 'truths' (probabilities) should not be ignored if we are concerned with our safety (eg gravity & climate change). So a moderate Social Constructionist position is what I am left with with... from a research point of view...
(maybe some avenues of stronger constructionism that are not exclusive/exploitative and take into account equality may be of value, similarly for post-positivism)
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