Pr\u00f3fkj\u00f6r dem\u00f3krata er ekki einv\u00f6r\u00f0ungu spurning um karl e\u00f0a konu, reynslu e\u00f0a ferskleika, hv\u00edtt e\u00f0a svart, mi\u00f0vestri\u00f0 e\u00f0a str\u00f6ndina, lagadeildina \u00ed Harvard e\u00f0a lagadeildina \u00ed Yale. Pr\u00f3fkj\u00f6ri\u00f0 er l\u00edklega fyrst og fremst spurning um heimsmynd. Ekki svo a\u00f0 hugmyndir frambj\u00f3\u00f0endanna tveggja s\u00e9u svo \u00f3l\u00edkar, alls ekki. Ef vi\u00f0 l\u00edtum til hef\u00f0bundina m\u00e1laflokka \u00fe\u00e1 eru \u00feau samm\u00e1la um allflest og \u00fe\u00f3 sumir myndu segja Barack lengra til h\u00e6gri en Hillary, \u00fe\u00e1 er Michelle lengra til vinstri en Bill.<\/p>\n
Munurinn \u00e1 frambo\u00f0unum tveimur liggur \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 annar frambj\u00f3\u00f0andinn er fulltr\u00fai l\u00ednulegrar heimsmyndar. Stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1l felast \u00ed t\u00e6knilegum lausnum, sannleikurinn er \u00fearna \u00fati, lausnin er til. \u00deessi hugmynd sem \u00e1 uppruna sinn \u00ed uppl\u00fdsingunni, er stundum k\u00f6llu\u00f0 newt\u00f3n\u00edsk, og er l\u00edklega s\u00fa heimsmynd sem vi\u00f0 sty\u00f0jumst flest vi\u00f0, oftast n\u00e6r alla vega. \u00datf\u00e6rslur og aflei\u00f0ingar af \u00feessari hugmynd sem vi\u00f0 getum kalla\u00f0 modern\u00edska eru fj\u00f6lmargar, h\u00fan hefur enda fengi\u00f0 m\u00f6rg h\u00f6ggin, heimstyrjaldirnar \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00f6ld kannski \u00feau st\u00e6rstu. \u00deegar sprengjan sprakk \u00ed Hirosima, m\u00e1 segja a\u00f0 hugmyndin um t\u00e6knina sem leiddi \u00e1 endanum alltaf til g\u00f3\u00f0s hafi d\u00e1i\u00f0 endanlega. \u00deessi heimsmynd lifir samt enn g\u00f3\u00f0u l\u00edfi og hefur leitast vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 a\u00f0lagast \u00f3\u00fe\u00e6gindunum og fr\u00e1vikunum. Oft \u00e1 t\u00ed\u00f0um \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir \u00fe\u00f3 hugmyndin um t\u00e6knilegar lausnir, a\u00f0 s\u00fa lausn sem hentar best r\u00e1\u00f0andi st\u00e9tt og samr\u00e6mist hugmyndaheimi hennar er lausnin sem gripi\u00f0 er til.<\/p>\n
Hinn frambj\u00f3\u00f0andinn vir\u00f0ist vita a\u00f0 ein sameiginleg fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn (meta-narrative), sameiginlegur skilningur alls mannkyns er ekki til. Vi\u00f0 lifum \u00ed brotakenndum heimi \u00fear sem hvert brot \u00e1 s\u00edna fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn, sinn skilning. Til a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3na sl\u00edkum heimi er ekki til ein t\u00e6knileg lausn, n\u00fdrri sameiginlegri fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn ver\u00f0ur ekki \u00fevinga\u00f0 upp \u00e1 okkur. Lj\u00f3si\u00f0 er ekki anna\u00f0 hvort bylgja e\u00f0a \u00f6gn. \u00deessi frambj\u00f3\u00f0andi skilur enda a\u00f0 lausnin felst \u00ed a\u00f0 vera sveigjanlegur og hann veit a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 getum unni\u00f0 saman. Hann er nefnilega sj\u00e1lfur afsprengi fj\u00f6lmargra fr\u00e1sagna. \u00deetta m\u00f3tar frambo\u00f0 hans, m\u00f3tar verkefni\u00f0 sem hann stendur frammi fyrir. Verkefni\u00f0 er ekki t\u00e6knilegt, tilraun til a\u00f0 finna bestu lausn \u00e1 einst\u00f6kum vandam\u00e1lum. \u00devert \u00e1 m\u00f3ti, verkefni\u00f0 er a\u00f0 virkja fr\u00e1sagnir (narrative) sem flestra til a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 heiminn \u00e1 sem fj\u00f6lbreyttastan h\u00e1tt. \u00deetta er oft gagnr\u00fdnt sem skortur \u00e1 lausnum. Vi\u00f0komandi stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lama\u00f0ur er sag\u00f0ur sko\u00f0analaus. En veruleikinn er annar. Sko\u00f0un hans felst \u00ed a\u00f0 vilja virkja og vir\u00f0a fr\u00e1sagnir sem flestra, \u00feannig a\u00f0 allir hafi t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri. Slagor\u00f0i\u00f0 YES, WE CAN er \u00feannig \u00ed einhverjum skilningi uppspretta og inntak kosningabar\u00e1ttunnar. \u00dea\u00f0 f\u00e6rir \u00e1byrg\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 Hv\u00edta H\u00fasinu og \u00feinginu til okkar sj\u00e1lfra og \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki bara \u00e1byrg\u00f0in sem f\u00e6rist til, v\u00f6ldin fylgja.<\/p>\n
A\u00f0 ofans\u00f6g\u00f0u vir\u00f0ist lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 spurningin \u00ed pr\u00f3fkj\u00f6ri Dem\u00f3krata er fyrst og fremst spurning um hvort vi\u00f0 tr\u00faum \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 modernisminn hafi li\u00f0i\u00f0 undir lok. Er vilji, kjarkur til a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra \u00e1byrg\u00f0ina og v\u00f6ldin fr\u00e1 t\u00e6knilausnum og takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 brotakenndan p\u00f3stm\u00f3dern\u00edskan heim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pr\u00f3fkj\u00f6r dem\u00f3krata er ekki einv\u00f6r\u00f0ungu spurning um karl e\u00f0a konu, reynslu e\u00f0a ferskleika, hv\u00edtt e\u00f0a svart, mi\u00f0vestri\u00f0 e\u00f0a str\u00f6ndina, lagadeildina \u00ed Harvard e\u00f0a lagadeildina \u00ed Yale. Pr\u00f3fkj\u00f6ri\u00f0 er l\u00edklega fyrst og fremst spurning um heimsmynd. Ekki svo a\u00f0 hugmyndir frambj\u00f3\u00f0endanna tveggja s\u00e9u svo \u00f3l\u00edkar, alls ekki. Ef vi\u00f0 l\u00edtum til hef\u00f0bundina m\u00e1laflokka \u00fe\u00e1 eru \u00feau … Continue reading Modern e\u00f0a post-modern<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}