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Here is my brief summary of Dialectical metaRealism. It is influenced primarily by Roy Bhaskar's philosophies of critical realism and metaReality. However, I think it can also be useful in framing some Baha'i concepts: Dialectical metaRealism<http://dmr.institute/>™ (Mark A. Foster<http://markfoster.net/>): Applies critical realism and the philosophy of metaReality to intersectionality, social constructionism, world-systems analysis, and the social model of disability. In Echoes of Cosmic Unity<http://www.markfoster.org/echoes.html>™, the Real is illustrated on multiple levels (beginning with elemental cohesion and ending with cosmic unity). The world system (or “world order”) is seen as progressing through five revolutionary stages (the contradictions of capitalism, individualist anarchism, grassroots communism, rebuilding from the bottom up, and socialist global statism). Therefore, the end result is expected to be a socialist world-system (or socialist “new world order”). Social construction (action in copresence) is distinguished from social destruction (action in demireality). The pun of Dialectical metaRealism on dialectical materialism was unintended. http://markfoster.org/marxisms.html __,_._,___ -- Namaste, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS Portal to 31 domains: http://markfoster.net<http://markfoster.net/> Glossary Project: http://markfoster.website<http://markfoster.website/> Internet Radio: http://markalanfoster.com<http://markalanfoster.com/> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-805572-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
