I think this is where the fixation on cultural identification as a replacement for social alienation, with the byproduct of self-aggrandizing narcissism, goes haywire. If it is agreeable that the function of linguistic semiotics can lead to the production of culture, I think it is reasonable to make a distinction between the phenomenon o…
I think this is where the fixation on cultural identification as a replacement for social alienation, with the byproduct of self-aggrandizing narcissism, goes haywire. If it is agreeable that the function of linguistic semiotics can lead to the production of culture, I think it is reasonable to make a distinction between the phenomenon of a unique sign language and culture developed in isolation, and the inherent disability present in the condition of being deaf.
The notion that cultural identity is inherent and immutable (and therefore idealistic in essence) is ahistorical, immaterial, and untenable. It obfuscates the fact that this standpoint assumes that the *ideology* that any one given individual has developed or adopted is the true *philosophical* reality for all, which is philosophically contradictory and decadent (and not even really consistently humanist, despite all the liberal moralizing that tends to happen over this stuff).
I think this is where the fixation on cultural identification as a replacement for social alienation, with the byproduct of self-aggrandizing narcissism, goes haywire. If it is agreeable that the function of linguistic semiotics can lead to the production of culture, I think it is reasonable to make a distinction between the phenomenon of a unique sign language and culture developed in isolation, and the inherent disability present in the condition of being deaf.
The notion that cultural identity is inherent and immutable (and therefore idealistic in essence) is ahistorical, immaterial, and untenable. It obfuscates the fact that this standpoint assumes that the *ideology* that any one given individual has developed or adopted is the true *philosophical* reality for all, which is philosophically contradictory and decadent (and not even really consistently humanist, despite all the liberal moralizing that tends to happen over this stuff).