social change

is a process that ought to happen slowly so a false consciousness does not emerge.

is a transformation in the very coordinates by means of which we measure change. A true change sets its own standards: It can only be measured by criteria that result from it.

The properly Hegelian solution to this dilemma is that a truly radical change is self-relating: it changes the very coordinates by means of which we measure change. In other words, a true change sets its own standards: it can only be measured by criteria that result from it. (Zizek 2006a .pdf)

is brought about by artist and not by the political legislators who implement change only after the fact.

Artist to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. (William S. Burroughs)

(1) 'denotes the effect of an institution on other institutions, that is the relation between social institutions' (2) 'the second involves the understanding of an institution in terms defined by members of the community(3) 'the way in which the institution promotes social cohesion in general'

is possible once you realize that everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. Thus you yourself can change it, you can influence it.

When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and you're life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again. Steve Jobs

is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being. Kate Millett

is a process driven by discordances and contingencies. They are not something that need to be naturalized at all, rather they are the very mediums through which social life is routinely coordinated and ordinarily transformed.

the economic sociologist David Stark suggests that contingency and its dissonances are the very medium through which social life is given dynamic forward momentum.35 Across this difference of interpretation, one finds a shared understanding in which the discordances and contingencies of social life are not something that need to be naturalized at all, but are the very mediums through which social life is routinely coordinated and ordinarily transformed.

is about changing the way people think. If one changes the way people think, things will never be the same.

Change the way people think and things will never be the same Steven Biko

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social change