Stultification, emancipation, Brexit and Jacques Ranciere

当代哲学家认为，解释，或某种形式的解释，导致愚蠢化，即假设人们无法独立思考和主动性，这抑制了自我解放的努力。超越批评家，如钱伯斯和建议摘要：Cornelissen，本文调查的性质和原因的愚蠢化及其与解放的背景下，北方英国工人阶级投票脱欧，一个事件，导致许多评论家认为这些选民无知，其他人的沮丧。为了更深入地理解“愚钝化”，本文将朗西埃的作品与定性社会研究进行对话。

Contemporary philosophers have argued that explanation, or some forms of explanation, leadto stultification, namely the assumption that people are incapable of independent thought andinitiative which inhibits self-emancipatory efforts. Going beyond critics such as Chambers andProposal Summary: Cornelissen, this dissertation investigates the nature and cause of stultification and its relation to emancipation in the context of Northern English working classes voting for Brexit, an eventI which led many commentators to regard such voters as ignorant, to the dismay of others. In I order to develop a deeper understanding of stultification, this dissertation puts Ranciere's work into dialogue with qualitative social research.