Descrizione del progetto
In che modo si forma l’opinione nel mondo odierno della comunicazione
In che modo il pensiero diventa un’opinione? La risposta a questa domanda è importante nel mondo odierno, caratterizzato dalla comunicazione istantanea e dall’interconnessione globale. Il progetto A Theory of Opinion, finanziato dall’UE, ha scelto di reinterpretare alcune conoscenze tedesche selezionate con l’obiettivo di sviluppare una teoria filosofica, sociale e critica di cosa significhi articolare e avanzare pretese di prospettiva, convinzione e attitudine nel contesto della comunicazione sociale del XXI secolo. Inoltre, attraverso la formulazione di una filosofia dell’opinione, le attività condotte nell’ambito del progetto sono tese a fornire nuove informazioni relative al modo in cui e al perché la struttura epistemologica distintiva proposta, che comprende un pensiero di macro e micro livello, sia diventata sempre più pervasiva nella nostra società della «post-verità».
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinatore
14469 Potsdam
Germania