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Comparing The Anarchist Squint And Social Imagination

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“A better world shall emerge based faith and understanding” Douglas MacArthur. The world we live in today can sometimes seem to be a unstable place. We have wars in the middle east, tensions between nuclear superpowers and millions of people living in poverty. Many of us go day to day without thinking about these things. What if we were able to take more time to analyze what is going on in the world and what other people are going through? In this essay we will take a look at two concepts: The Anarchist Squint and Social Imagination. We will see how these topics are similar and how they could contribute to a better world of understanding. First let’s talk about the Anarchist Squint. In James C. Scott’s book Three Cheers for Anarchism, he describes this concept as looking through the eyes of an anarchist. To be able to do this one must be able to put aside his or her views on morality and forget the way society expects us to be. According to Scott …show more content…

In this class we have discussed the issues of suicide, racism, social isolation, anarchism as well as many other issues. While there is no single idea of a perfect world, a world with more understanding of eachother could be a better place. If each person on this planet was able have the potential to look at life from each other’s viewpoints there would be a lot less hate in society and people wouldn’t be so quick to jump to conclusions. Humanity can become narrow-minded in their views and refuse to consider anything else. looking back at our example for anarchist squint many people would say they are not anarchist, but yet still many go five miles per hour over the posted speed limit. From a social imagination standpoint, we may be racist and not even realize it. what one person defines as racist can be different from someone’s mindset. If only the world could come together and understand all walks of life, we would be able to live in a more peaceful

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