intellectualism
Intellectualism (from Latin intellectus : 'perception, perception, knowledge') denotes, on the one hand, an excessive and one-sided emphasis on the mind over the will (cf. voluntarism ) and all emotional and character values.
In addition, intellectualism is a philosophical conception, according to which the intellect determines the good ( ethical or moral intellectualism ), can grasp everything that is ( epistemological intellectualism ) and is understood as the ground of the world ( metaphysical intellectualism ). Representatives of this view were, among others, Socrates and Thomas Aquinas . In the time of National Socialism , intellectualism was ideologically rejected and intellectual was used as a derogatory battle term to discredit and / or denounce Jewish or other politically undesirable persons (see also Nazi propaganda ).
Intellectualism / intellectualocentrism in Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu understands intellectualism or intellectualocentrism to mean the neglect of the fact that scientists are relieved of action in their research. This means that a social actor in an everyday situation is always subject to time and action pressure, while scientific work takes place independently of these factors. This decouples the theoretical knowledge from the practical, situation-related conditions. According to Bourdieu, the scientific findings are therefore not directly applicable to everyday situations, but only apply in the abstract, theoretical dimension. Conversely, findings from everyday situations cannot simply be applied on a theoretical level because they were generated under different circumstances (time and pressure to act).
Individual evidence
- ^ Markus Schwingel: Pierre Bourdieu for an introduction. Junius Verlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-88506-915-6 , p. 53.
swell
- M. Müller, A. Halder: Small Philosophical Dictionary. Freiburg 1971, DNB 457224673 .