Acquisition (philosophy)

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The word appropriation is used in various ways in the philosophical context.

  1. Social philosophy and philosophy of history investigate the material, intellectual and spiritual appropriation of the world by humans in the context of work , property and original occupation (cf. occupation theory and occupation economy ), starting from prehistoric and historically traditional systems of action up to production, communication and knowledge processes in present and future social systems .
  2. In the context of dialectics , the process of appropriation is understood as the conscious shaping of human living conditions.
  3. In dialogical anthropology , appropriation is understood as pragmatization and confronted with objectification as semiotization . (see Kuno Lorenz )
  4. As a translation of the Buddhist word Upādāna , appropriation or attachment is a clinging ( e.g. to the illusion of the ego ) and thus represents a causal connection for suffering ( dukkha ) as a group of factors of existence .
  5. As a colloquial, non-terminological expression, appropriation stands for the study or penetration of a subject or the texts of a person. Example: "I have acquired Kant." Then that person has read or studied texts by and about Immanuel Kant and is now very familiar with Kant .
  6. In Islam called KASB the doctrine of appropriation of the divine creation through human action.

Further meanings emerge in the sociological context:

  1. The cultural studies looking at the creative appropriation of cultural goods and describes with how a reader a text assigns importance. The focus is on the use of (primarily cultural) products in a different way than intended by the producer (cf. Stuart Hall and Michel de Certeau ).
  2. The Communication Studies takes this concept and examines the (practical) meaning a recipient a medium (for example, the TV or the mobile communication) assigns, as it utilizes the technical possibilities in everyday life. This perspective provides an explanation for the unexpected success of SMS , for example .
  3. In the cultural-historical school , appropriation describes the internalization of specific, human, socio-historical experiences through active activity with the help of specific tools such as language.

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