Social consciousness
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The border between practical consciousness and discursivve consciousness is not clearly definable, but it's dynamic. In the practical level they are unable to report, talk or reflect about a subject, but in the thirth level of consciousness, they ARE able to talk about it and ARE able to reflect on actors, subjects or structures. So there is a reflexive monitoring of actors. | The border between practical consciousness and discursivve consciousness is not clearly definable, but it's dynamic. In the practical level they are unable to report, talk or reflect about a subject, but in the thirth level of consciousness, they ARE able to talk about it and ARE able to reflect on actors, subjects or structures. So there is a reflexive monitoring of actors. | ||
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Revision as of 13:45, 10 October 2012
Social consciousness can be described as consciousness shared within a society. It is also possible to define it as social awareness, or an awareness of the problems within different societies and communities. A person with social awareness is capable to reflect on the problems of societies, which they face everyday. Such a person acknowledges the hardships of societies around the world.
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Origins
As a response to social injustice, many fields of study have conducted research regarding the origins of social consciousness. At its core the researched subjects are individuals and/or the surrounding people experiencing social injustice. There are different levels about thinking what we are actually doing, so three levels of social consciousness have been defined (Lippuner & Werlen, 2009):
- Unconsious consciousness
- Practical consciousness
- Discursive consciousness
Unconsious Consciousness
The unconscious is the first level of consciousness. This level is separated from the other two levels by mechanisms of repression (Lippuner & Werlen, 2009). We can't think of them or can't affecct them. It's about motivating of actions, in which the motivations are unacknowledged.
Practical Consciousness
The practical is the second level of consciousness. This level is about rationalization of action and the taken-for-granted reality. Something is structured knowledge in your mind. For example going to University in the morning. That's a thing which it's structured in your mind, and you won't think about reproducing the University (otherwise the University won't excist). So they are able to do things that require this kind of knowledge, even though they are unable to report, talk or reflect outright on it.
Discursive Consciousness
The border between practical consciousness and discursivve consciousness is not clearly definable, but it's dynamic. In the practical level they are unable to report, talk or reflect about a subject, but in the thirth level of consciousness, they ARE able to talk about it and ARE able to reflect on actors, subjects or structures. So there is a reflexive monitoring of actors.
References
- Lippuner, R. & Werlen, B. (2009) Structuration Theory. In: International Encyclopedia for Human Geography. Elsevier.
Contributors
- Published by Sander Linssen (4115597)
- Enhanced by Marleen Revenberg
