ANGAŽMAN KAO DISKURZIVNA PRAKSA I SISTEMSKI DOGAĐAJ
ENGAGEMENT – AS A DISCURSIVE PRACTICE AND SYSTEMIC EVENT

Summary/Abstract: The paper confronts the widely accepted view according to which engagement is an intentional or mental state that predcedes action. On the one hand, we rely upon the concept of ontological commitment. We try to make use of it in a social context, by emphasizing that engagement involves a social space of implication. On the other hand, we analyze the different concepts of engagement within systems-theoretical approaches, with special attention to Parsons and Luhmann. Finally, we try to reconcile the two conceptual strategies by accentuating the fact that they can both serve as arguments against the “intentionalist thesis”.

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