DOI: 10.46340/eppd.2024.11.1.3
Mykhailo Kovalchuk, PhD in Political Science
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
Khrystyna Khvoinytska-Pereima, PhD in Philosophy
Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine
Hennadii Shypunov, Doctor of Political Science
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
Yulia Kovalchuk, PhD in Philosophy
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
How to cite: Kovalchuk, M., Khvoinytska-Pereima, Kh., Shypunov, H. & Kovalchuk, Yu. (2024). Social Rationality as the Basis of Political Discourse. Evropsky Politicky a Pravni Diskurz, 11, 1, 19-28. https://doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2024.11.1.3
Abstract
The article explores the close interaction between political scientific discourse and society, which lies in the direct determination of political discourse and the subject field of political science by the demands of the social system. As a result, the boundaries of political discourse are delineated by the boundaries of societal problems and phenomena actualized by society on one hand, and by the dominant type of social rationality on the other. Consequently, the limitation of political discourse within the boundaries of social rationality is traced. It is specified that this process involves a clear subordination and mutual determination of scientific discourse and the social system, characterized by the necessary conformity of political science research to societal norms, axiological, and ethical ideals of society. The article considers the key role of society in shaping the scientific discourse of political science. The interdependence between the political situation in the social system and progressive or regressive processes in political discourse is traced.
The article represents the main approaches to understanding the principle of social rationality in the general scientific discourse. The relationship between social rationality, social acceptability, historical situation, and historical context within the framework of general scientific methodology is examined. The key aspects of the operation of this principle within the social and exact sciences are demonstrated. The fundamental role of social rationality for the functioning of social sciences is substantiated. It is proven that the influence of social acceptability not only affects the scientific discourse of social sciences but also exact sciences, considering the decrease in the strength of this factor’s influence on the latter. Characteristics and projections are made on the political discourse.
Keywords: social rationality, social acceptability, politics, political discourse, science methodology, public sphere.
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