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0029 What does it mean to unravel a mystery?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intersection unravels into a resolution, where one nested form emerges from (and situates) the other.  A two-level interscope results.  One nested form goes into the content level.  The other occupies the situation level.  The two-level interscope<\/em> is discussed in A Primer on Sensible on Social Construction,<\/em> by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0030 Say what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start, what would produce the conditions where a mystery resolves into a heresy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intersection2<\/sub> is the union of two actualities2<\/sub>, so it2<\/sub> should enter the slot for actuality2<\/sub> in a nested form.  So if the normal context3<\/sub> shifts, then the internal dynamics of the actuality2<\/sub> may change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crawford suggests that the recent political response to the novel coronavirus completes a historic transition, from modern liberalism3<\/sub> to hypermodern (some would say, “postmodern”) technocratic progressivism3<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0031 Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

0032 In liberalism3<\/sub>, the goal is to move the mystery2<\/sub>, in a spiritual sort of way, by exploiting democracy’s and leviathan’s abilities to remake humans1<\/sub>.  Appeal to the people’s commonsense.  Set limits to what is acceptable<\/em>.  Offer inspiration.  Apply peer-pressure.  Certainly, liberals think that they are smarter (or better, more enlightened) than other citizens.  But, they respect the wisdom of tradition, particularly the Christian tradition.  Indeed, liberalism3<\/sub> seeks to practically implement the Christian vision in a fallen world, by calling the individual to be reasonable and by cajoling individuals to recognize their weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0033 In technocratic progressivism3b<\/sub> the goal is to move vulnerable persons2b<\/sub>, in an efficient sort of way, by using the leviathan1b<\/sub> to situate the impulses of human nature3a<\/sub>.  Insist that commonsense2a<\/sub> is defined by technocratic calculations1b<\/sub>.  Frame every challenge as a fear-inducing crisis.  Offer scientific and technical explanations, using terminology that confounds the literal meanings of words.  Insist that alternate policies have dire consequences.  Label the opposition, “malevolent”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0034 The result is a new relational structure, “the unraveled individual”, which casts a shadow upon the originating mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vulnerable persons2b<\/sub> virtually emerge from (and situate) commonsense2a<\/sub>.A mystery unwinds into a heresy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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