Social construction of emotions, hermeneutics and anthropocentrism: toward an antipositvist naturalism

The social constructonist view has established the significance of society and culture for the scientific study of emotions. But acknowledging the relevance of the social and cultural levels in the explanation of emotions does not commit us to the ontological and epistemological basis of social cons...

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Main Author: Martín Aranguren
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Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Córdova; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas 2016-09-01
Series:Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios sobre Cuerpos, Emociones y Sociedad
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Online Access:http://relaces.com.ar/index.php/relaces/article/view/470
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description The social constructonist view has established the significance of society and culture for the scientific study of emotions. But acknowledging the relevance of the social and cultural levels in the explanation of emotions does not commit us to the ontological and epistemological basis of social constructonism. In this artcle, I argue i) that the social constructonist view of emotions is a variety of hermeneutical human science; ii) that hermeneutical human sciences lie on anthropocentric ontological and epistemological assumptions that are ultimately incompatible with the sustainability challenges posed by the planet’s limits to economical and demographic growth; and iii) that an alternative to hermeneutics (a fortori to social constructonism) and its anthropocentric assumptions is an antipositivist naturalism.
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spelling doaj-art-4f48643d887b4aedb277e8cff7363b1a2025-08-20T01:55:26ZspaUniversidad de Córdova; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasRevista Latinoamericana de Estudios sobre Cuerpos, Emociones y Sociedad1852-87592016-09-010217786291Social construction of emotions, hermeneutics and anthropocentrism: toward an antipositvist naturalismMartín Aranguren0Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueThe social constructonist view has established the significance of society and culture for the scientific study of emotions. But acknowledging the relevance of the social and cultural levels in the explanation of emotions does not commit us to the ontological and epistemological basis of social constructonism. In this artcle, I argue i) that the social constructonist view of emotions is a variety of hermeneutical human science; ii) that hermeneutical human sciences lie on anthropocentric ontological and epistemological assumptions that are ultimately incompatible with the sustainability challenges posed by the planet’s limits to economical and demographic growth; and iii) that an alternative to hermeneutics (a fortori to social constructonism) and its anthropocentric assumptions is an antipositivist naturalism.http://relaces.com.ar/index.php/relaces/article/view/470emociones, constructivismo social, naturalismo, hermenéutica, positivismo
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Social construction of emotions, hermeneutics and anthropocentrism: toward an antipositvist naturalism
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emociones, constructivismo social, naturalismo, hermenéutica, positivismo
title Social construction of emotions, hermeneutics and anthropocentrism: toward an antipositvist naturalism
title_full Social construction of emotions, hermeneutics and anthropocentrism: toward an antipositvist naturalism
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title_full_unstemmed Social construction of emotions, hermeneutics and anthropocentrism: toward an antipositvist naturalism
title_short Social construction of emotions, hermeneutics and anthropocentrism: toward an antipositvist naturalism
title_sort social construction of emotions hermeneutics and anthropocentrism toward an antipositvist naturalism
topic emociones, constructivismo social, naturalismo, hermenéutica, positivismo
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