Monday, December 22, 2014

The 'Linguistic Turn' has caused much political mischief.

The term, "The Linguistic Turn" is mostly a literary term. Its not a simple term, and there is much dispute about its application, use, and accuracy. However, and generally, it mostly refers to the fact that a linguistic term or "word", does not encapsulate the phenomena that it 'refers' too. In different words, the 'map' is never the 'territory', or 'that' to which the map refers too. Hence, terms tend to 'float in air' and are not necessarily 'grounded' in 'real phenomena'. Generally, it refers to the fact that the 'word' does not correspond to the 'reality'. That may be the case, when the 'word' or term refers to a 'natural phenomena'. However, I wish to make a distinction between the "Natural" and the "social, or political". Why is this distinction necessary? because it answers too the fact that the Top and the Bottom of the relation between the One and the Many, is a social or political phenomena and not a Natural one. That's why many Nations have become organized around different 'Governmental structures' for the 'sole purpose' of 'governing' the Bottom. That's why we have, or have had, Kingdoms, Autocracies, Plutocracies, Oligarchies, Democracies, or even different 'tribal' arrangements. My point is that the Top of any Government is a 'Governor' of the 'Governed'. Its a 'political arrangement' and hence not Natural; its 'artificial'; a political entity. Therefore, the Linguistic Turn notwithstanding, 'political language' does refer to 'real' political phenomena and is well grounded in the 'established relation' of the One and the Many. Of course, much political language is intentionally convoluted; that's 'politics', but the so-called Turn, does not apply to our political structures. Furthermore, and more important, every human being, every Individual, who lives within a political entity, any political entity, has his/her Freedom and Equality,( as a real, living, human Individual), and that's a 'qualitative political variable' that should never be abused or compromised by Government.

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