Descripción del proyecto
Cómo se forma la opinión en el mundo actual de la comunicación
¿Cómo se convierte el pensamiento en opinión? La respuesta a esta pregunta es importante en el mundo actual de la comunicación instantánea y la interconexión mundial. El equipo del proyecto A Theory of Opinion, financiado con fondos europeos, ha optado por reinterpretar estudios académicos alemanes selectos con el objetivo de desarrollar una teoría filosófica, social y crítica de lo que significa articular y formular declaraciones de perspectiva, creencia y actitud en el contexto de la comunicación social del siglo XXl. Mediante la formulación de una filosofía de la opinión, el trabajo del proyecto tiene como objetivo proporcionar nuevos conocimientos sobre cómo y por qué la estructura epistemológica distintiva propuesta, que comprende el pensamiento a nivel macro y micro, se ha vuelto cada vez más omnipresente en nuestra sociedad de la «posverdad».
Objetivo
This research proposes to examine what comprises 'opinion' in today's world of instantaneous communication. How, might it be said, does thought lapse into opinion? It is an urgent question in a time when the world, with its modes of global interconnection and digital platforms, is so heavily characterized by chaotic political debate and image proliferation. The project aims to develop, by reinterpreting select German scholarship, a philosophical, social and critical theory of what it means to articulate and lay claims of perspective, belief and attitude within the contours of twenty-first century social communication.
I will argue that a social ontology of 'opinion' requires two distinct levels of analysis: on the one hand, there is a macro level, whereby the broad contours and determinations of opinion are examined as inherently caught up in what Theodor W. Adorno calls the 'Halbbildung' of industrial culture and the institution of public opinion as a development of modern society. On the other hand, utilizing what G.W.F. Hegel calls 'picture-thinking', there is a micro level, whereby a particular epistemic structure adequate to this social situation emerges with its own patterns and forms of validation adapted to the structures of digital communication technologies. Together, these approaches will comprise a social and philosophical reconstruction of ?opinion? characteristic of social communication today.
The project can be situated within social and philosophical context whose line of investigation incorporates the discourses of epistemology, cultural and political theory and intellectual history. By formulating a philosophy of opinion, I aim to provide vital new insight into how and why this distinctive epistemological structure of thought has become ever more pervasive in our 'post-truth' society.
Ámbito científico
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinador
14469 Potsdam
Alemania