JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-The Stupidity of Irrelevance
The Stupidity of Irrelevance
Authored by James F Welles,
The process of adapting institutions
to new purposes is a normal part of cultural life. Generally, people are
disposed to use whatever is at hand (be it a tool, organization or idea) to
deal with a problem. This approach may be effective in resolving an immediate
problem, but it means that the item may come to have a function different from
if not at odds with its original role. The resulting cognitive state may then
become one of schematic dissonance, with language strained to match up altered
behavior to established values. In the extreme, a system becomes irrelevant to
not only the environment but itself. As in the case of
cognitive dissonance in an individual, tension may occasionally motivate society to achieve consonance. In
both cases, the schema will act to save itself, so if challenging data,
disturbing perceptions or criticism cannot be ignored or rejected, words will
be redefined so as to convert dissonance into confusion. The discrepancy
between behavior and superego values may thus be reduced at the expense of
identity, clarity and accuracy. While an appearance of continuity with the past
is maintained, words are revalued to lend verbal support to prevailing behavioral
norms and public image.
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