SOCIAL REFLEXIVITY
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3075 ▶ |
| Object type | Human sciences |
J. CUNNINGHAM (2001, p. 65), quotes A. GIDDENS ( 1990) and writes: “ Anthony GIDDENS has argued that the society in which we live is increasingly the result of our own actions , both individually and collectively, a condition he refers to as social reflexivity. He counters the common assumption that as we acquire more and more knowledge of the world and build structures of society, we will gain control over our lives. Quite the contrary, we ”manufacture“ uncertainties that give us more choices , diverse possibilities, less clarity about an appropriate action . Modern technologies such as the World Wide Web have contributed greatly to social reflexivity and I argue that traditional models of education , emphasizing as they do inductive and deductive processes , are inadequate to the modern technological context .
- “…I propose that abductive reasoning is a more powerful mode for navigating the uncertainties of the Information Age and promoting a semiotic reflexivity” (Ibid)
In short, conversation should become our best way to discover ways to permanent adaptiveness . Of course conversation must be conducted through efficient reciprocal understanding if we are to avoid the universal Babel Tower effect. This implies the necessity of an appropriate- and also reflexive- language