Complexité et cohérence : approche épistémologique de certaines controverses politiques
We have observed in recent years an acute polarization in Quebec on issues such as identity, secularism and the place of religion in public institutions, racism, etc. After recalling Edgar Morin's principles for studying complexity, we propose an epistemological/methodological reading of some o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association d'Economie Politique
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| Series: | Revue Interventions Économiques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/22831 |
| Summary: | We have observed in recent years an acute polarization in Quebec on issues such as identity, secularism and the place of religion in public institutions, racism, etc. After recalling Edgar Morin's principles for studying complexity, we propose an epistemological/methodological reading of some of these controversies that concern Islam. We extend Morin's dialogical principle somewhat to address logics that are not part of the same system. The meeting of two processes that stem from different logics and that produce the same behavior has as a consequence, among others, to make it difficult to take completely coherent political positions. Political actors, favoring coherence rather than incoherence, tend to adopt a position of denial when faced with logics that produce meanings that are different from their own. The social conversation becomes then impossible. The principles proposed by Morin make it possible to conceive the necessarily paradoxical aspect of a given social phenomenon and open the door to a more nuanced discussion of the phenomenon. |
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| ISSN: | 0715-3570 1710-7377 |