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Martin, Daniel (2019)

Understanding Cultural Paradigms

Master thesis | Philosophy (MA) (60 EC)

This thesis explores cultural paradigms. Part I accepts and expands upon Arditi's base definition of cultural paradigms as being inextricably linked with our understanding of cultural roles. Part II applies Foucauldian theories on 'discursive forms of knowledge' to understand the relationship between 'knowledge' and 'being' that is exemplified by cultural paradigms. Part III focuses on other discursive aspects of cultural paradigms regarding the enunciations of knowledge and being, namely 'bias' and 'style'. While cultural paradigms might be colloquially generalized, that generalization is made up of a web of subject-based breaks and modifications of shared cultural paradigms by way of enunciations of knowledge and being. In conclusion, this thesis establishes that cultural paradigms are themselves indeterminate and that subjectivity ultimately can arise to edit cultural paradigms and alter the contours of their evolution.

culture

paradigm

cultural paradigm

philosophy

discursive

cultural role

philosophical anthropology

philosophy of culture

Author

Martin, Daniel

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Philosophical Anthropology and Philosophy of Culture

Supervisors

Chouraqui, Frank

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en