Metaphysical and Lived Time of the Social

In this chapter we add another layer to the various qualities of the social, a quality which, in our view, is the most important element of the social—the ethical. Or more aptly, the experience of the ethical. A social is cognized through an affectual, ethical relationship along with its other perceptual modes. The special character of this experience is what marks out the uniqueness of the human social. Thus, our fundamental experience of the social is ethical. Belongingness that characterizes the everyday social is primarily an ethical experience. We then go on to discuss Narayana Guru and the idea of equality, and the idea of inter-generational equality which is presupposed in caste dynamics. These everyday experiences create a sense of social time and we explore the implications of this for an ethics of the social.

Belongingness · Character (mathematics) · Element (criminal law) · Epistemology · Perception · Political science · Social philosophy · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology