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1Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany.
Dialectical Anthropology
|June 7, 2022
Summary
This study examines anti-cosmopolitan common sense during the Corona pandemic, using Antonio Gramsci's philosophy to analyze everyday beliefs and their social impact. It highlights the importance of understanding vernacular reasonings for deciphering societal change.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Philosophy
Background:
- Antonio Gramsci's philosophy of praxis posits that 'all men are philosophers'.
- The study explores everyday, anti-cosmopolitan worldviews encountered during fieldwork in an Austrian Alpine village during the Corona pandemic.
- Understanding vernacular reasonings is crucial for analyzing social and political forces.
Purpose of the Study:
- To interrogate anti-cosmopolitan everyday conceptions of the world.
- To map the contours of a critical phenomenology of common sense.
- To analyze how ideologies are rooted in the everyday and trace intellectual currents underlying exclusionary belonging.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing Gramsci's philosophy of praxis as a theoretical framework.
- Applying a critical phenomenological approach to common sense.
- Analyzing fieldwork data from an Austrian Alpine village during the Corona pandemic.
Main Results:
- Gramsci's philosophy provides a lens to take seriously the philosophical ideas of ordinary people.
- Vernacular reasonings offer insights into how ideologies are embedded in daily life.
- Common sense ideas reveal underlying intellectual currents shaping concepts of belonging.
Conclusions:
- Gramsci's philosophy of praxis aids phenomenologically oriented anthropologists in studying everyday meaning-making beyond romanticized depictions.
- Analyzing anti-cosmopolitan common sense through a Gramscian lens deciphers social, historical, and intellectual currents driving societal change.
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