Postmodern Perspectives . . .
General Consensus
There needs to be more
about general consensus in postmodern discourse. From a postmodern perspective,
that denounces the idea of objectivity, I have come to use the concept of
general consensus as a way to acknowledge a kind of pseudo structure that binds
our individual relative existences together. For me, explicitly acknowledging
the existence of constructed structure helps me get my head around the idea
that there is no inherent structure.
This is the
conceptualization I use to position myself as a professional therapist in a
therapeutic setting. I work with people to unpack and explore their
expectations from all levels of social existence; in pursuit of a more
preferable consensus understanding of one’s self and the environment around
them.
Sometimes I think about
the relationship between the terms consensus and congruence. From a strictly
definitive standpoint they are synonymous, but I use applied meaning to
differentiate.
For me, congruence is a
state of positive affirmation of the inner self and the environment around.
There is a value judgment that the elements of being are correct and as they
should be. Consensus is the acknowledgment and agreement that the self and
environment are as they are, with no applied value judgment for the self or
environment. One can exist in a state of consensus agreement on the way things
are and also be in a stare of incongruence with how the “should” be.
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