Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

de argumenterende samenleving

English translation:

rational society

Added to glossary by Chris Hopley
Oct 7, 2004 10:07
19 yrs ago
Dutch term

de argumenterende samenleving

Dutch to English Social Sciences Anthropology knowledge society
In a report about knowledge society, etc. Context: "Minimaal zijn vier overlappende beelden te onderscheiden:
- De producerende kennissamenleving
- De samenhangende kennissamenleving
- De argumenterende kennissamenleving
- De lerende kennissamenleving"

I'm a bit stuck on 'argumenterende samenleving' (I'm currently leaning towards 'rational'). Does anyone have any suggestions? All input appreciated!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 rational

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Oct 7, 2004:
'Fraid not. No further detail is provided, unfortunately.
FullCircle (X) Oct 7, 2004:
Hi Chris, any explanation somewhere in the report what they mean by 'argumenterende'?

Proposed translations

+5
13 mins
Selected

rational

This speech by Trude Maas discusses the same topic:
http://www.trude.nl/eerstekamer/S2004-EK-januari.php

She says: "Een derde aspect benoem ik als de argumenterende kennissamenleving. Dan hebben we het over kennis als middel tot emancipatie, tot verkleinen van afhankelijkheid.
Voorzitter, mijn fractie denkt dat het in het debat over inburgering en immigratie ook gaat om deze argumenterende kennissamenleving.
Kennis als middel om los te komen van de puur emotionele redeneringen, van de onderbuik en van de tegeltjeswijsheden."

Particularly where she says "los te komen van de puur emotionele redeneringen ..." suggests to me that "rational" may well be the way to go.
Peer comment(s):

agree AllisonK (X) : I think so too
3 mins
Thanks, Allison
agree Kate Hudson (X) : reasoning is also possible
26 mins
Thanks, Kate
agree Arsen Nazarian
1 hr
Thanks, sevan
agree sparow
3 hrs
Thanks, sparow
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : possibly 'critical' in the sense of critically evaluating.
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Fiona and others, for the confirmation. A little further on in the Dutch text, they were also talking about 'rationaliteit', so this solution works well."
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