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AlexandraRexSecondPaper 3 - 18 Jul 2012 - Main.AlexandraRex
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Individualized Dualism | | | Thurman Arnold also provides for a function of inherent discord – in organizations, such discord is woven into the very creeds and rituals underpinning each organization and allowing for diverse group membership (The Folklore of Capitalism). However, unlike Ackerman, Arnold treats discord as an inevitable outgrowth of organizations founded on conflicting ideals – while awareness of such discord does not directly threaten the existence of the carefully welded foundation, it is also not necessarily constructive to an organization’s functionality. While Ackerman embraces dualism as a way to make coherent a discordant national history, Arnold recognizes underlying discord as a basis for the lack of coherence evident in all organizations. Ironically, Arnold’s inherent discord ultimately creates a coherent explanation for the disparity seen within such organizations and their conflicting values. | |
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< | Lawrence Joseph’s Something Split introduces inherent discord on an individual level. We “split” because of internal conflict – either we attempt to appeal to too many people, or we disagree so fundamentally with what we are doing that the only way to cope with that discrepancy, is to split into multiple “people” with different values and beliefs. | >
> | Lawrence Joseph’s Something Split introduces inherent discord on an individual level. We “split” because of internal conflict – either we attempt to appeal to too many people, or we disagree so fundamentally with what we are doing that the only way to cope with that discrepancy is to split into multiple “people” with different values and beliefs. | | | Discord as a Means to Coherence | | | “City of the world for all races are here all the lands of the heart make contributions here city of the sea city of tall facades of marble and iron proud and passionate city mettlesome mad extravagant city.” | |
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< | I think Joseph, like Ackerman, leaves open the possibility of individual dualism – splitting as a built-in mechanism to make coherent each individual’s multiple conflicting viewpoints and varied situational responses. Perhaps our individual evolution does not happen despite internal splitting but because of it. Similar to Ackerman’s dualist democracy, I propose that our lives are filled with two types of periods – “constitutional moments” where splitting is so evident that it creates a corresponding external split and “normal politics” where splitting remains internalized. While discord defines each turning point, the sum of our constitutional moments provide for a coherent explanation and awareness of our inherent discord. | >
> | I think Joseph, like Ackerman, leaves open the possibility of individual dualism – splitting as a built-in mechanism to make coherent each individual’s multiple conflicting viewpoints and varied situational responses. Perhaps our individual evolution does not happen despite internal splitting, but because of it. Similar to Ackerman’s dualist democracy, I propose that our lives are filled with two types of periods – “constitutional moments” where splitting is so evident that it creates a corresponding external split and “normal politics” where splitting remains internalized. While discord defines each turning point, the sum of our constitutional moments provide for a coherent explanation and awareness of our inherent discord. | | | Whitman’s quote speaks to this acknowledgement of discord, and I posit that by acknowledging and embracing such moments of heightened splitting, we are more aware of ourselves and better able to control exactly what such splitting will lead to. Looking back on my own life, I have had three “constitutional moments,” where increased internal splitting has effectively culminated in definitive turning points, in regard to both my outlook on life and future decisions. |
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