antinomy
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a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox
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We are limited by mortality, illness and impediments set by the physical world. Technology is one response to this antinomical situation.
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We are limited by mortality, illness and impediments set by the physical world. Technology is one response to this antinomical situation.
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hegemony
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(noun) preponderant influence or authority over others; domination / (noun) the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
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Hegemony is secured through a strategic politics aimed at prestructuring social practices in line with the interests of one's one group.
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Hegemony is secured through a strategic politics aimed at prestructuring social practices in line with the interests of one's one group.
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anodyne
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(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine
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Defined merely as the capacity to affect others, power is an anodyne concept, lacking sufficient purchase to single out significant instances as important.
this is kind of a weird way of using anodyne (very divorced from its original meaning) but I can sort of see it
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Defined merely as the capacity to affect others, power is an anodyne concept, lacking sufficient purchase to single out significant instances as important.
this is kind of a weird way of using anodyne (very divorced from its original meaning) but I can sort of see it
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hermeneutic
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the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts
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the interpretation of a technology is a matter of hermeneutics--we have to find out what the technology means to its users if we are to understand it
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the interpretation of a technology is a matter of hermeneutics--we have to find out what the technology means to its users if we are to understand it
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interpellation
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(common Althusserian term) the process by which ideology, embodied in major social and political institutions (ideological & repressive state apparatuses), constitutes the very nature of individual subjects' identities through the process of "hailing" them in social interactions
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A person described as "mad" is constructed through interpellation by psychiatric discourse and clinical practice.
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A person described as "mad" is constructed through interpellation by psychiatric discourse and clinical practice.
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reifying
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make (something abstract) more concrete or real
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institutions and practices that have been reified [...] so that they seem to be constants of human existence, beyond the reach of reform through intentional human action
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institutions and practices that have been reified [...] so that they seem to be constants of human existence, beyond the reach of reform through intentional human action
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reifying
(en)
make (something abstract) more concrete or real
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These expectations in as sense define what the PC has become--its reified form--so that we forget that each item on the list was the outcome of a choice and that other possibilities were neglected in the process.
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These expectations in as sense define what the PC has become--its reified form--so that we forget that each item on the list was the outcome of a choice and that other possibilities were neglected in the process.
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