Here is the preliminary abstract for a paper I am writing. Comments are welcome.
The theory of Structurizationism proposes a revolutionary and deconstructive praxis and methodology for eliminating colonialism, hegemony, and other oppressive, but culturally or historically specific, narratives - institutional, ideational, etc. Marxism is redacted into a conflict theory (or trans-Marxism), and deconstruction is synthesized with reconstruction and inclusion. The problems of realism, nominalism, and conceptualism are transcended by defining universals as names for contextualized and volitionally relative structurizations of meaning. Such universals are grounded in the relative Will of the divine Particularity or in the relative wills of human particularities in interaction. Only particulars are divinely created. Permutations of particulars, divine (such as species) or social (societies and other groups), are structurizations. In the mineral kingdom, for instance, the particular is the atom. The relative structurizations of atoms into forms are according to the divine Will (or to human wills). Observers, including scientists, can perceive both created particulars and divine structurizations. Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
