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Too much common sense, not enough critical thinking!

Patterson, Thomas C.·2016·Dialectical Anthropology
DOI 10.1007/s10624-016-9434-5
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This paper explores two different views about common sense—those of Clifford Geertz and Antonio Gramsci. It examines their presuppositions, assesses their utility for archaeologists, and considers the implications of current common-sense explanations of the past. It points out that common sense is both historical. Yesterday’s common sense sometimes morphs into today’s good sense or scientific truth. Today’s common sense or scientific truth often becomes tomorrow’s false consciousness or folklore. Common sense is also relational. Groups with different positionalities in hierarchically organized societies may have widely divergent views about what is common sense. Finally, it raises the question of why particular “common sense” explanations of the present—buttressed with claims that they are rooted historically in a fixed, unchanging human nature and morality—are repeatedly resurrected by fundamentalists and conservatives in both hemispheres to justify political arguments and to reassert or impose or particular power relations.

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Authors
Patterson, T. C.
Affiliations
University of California, Riverside (US)
Corresponding author
Patterson, Thomas C.
Venue
Dialectical Anthropology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-07-18
Volume
40
Issue
3
Pages
251-258
ISSN
  • 0304-4092 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-0786
DOI
10.1007/s10624-016-9434-5
OpenAlex
W2494405712
Cited by
4
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2022: 2
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations
Dialectical Anthropology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political theory and Gramsci
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Marxism and Critical Theory
Keywords
common sense, critical thinking, Clifford Geertz, Antonio Gramsci, historical change, false consciousness, folklore, social positionality, human nature, conservatism, fundamentalism, power relations

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