Abstract

Effective social interaction is built upon the foundation of intersubjectivity and sociality. Intersubjectivity consists of the capacity to share, coordinate and mutually incorporate experience between people in social interaction. Sociality operates within the broader context of intersubjectivity. It consists of the process by which one person is able to represent the meaning systems of another person. Sociality is key to understanding how humans enter into, sustain, and otherwise create relationships. It is essential for functional human relating between people, organizations, factions, and ideologies. Many of the problems of the 21^st century – the breakdown of shared meaning systems between and among people – are problems of sociality and can be addressed through the process of cultivating deeper sociality. Sociality thus assumes ethical and political dimensions: we should try and achieve and promote sociality between and among persons. This issue addresses questions about how humans can create shared ways of understanding their worlds, how the development of shared meanings can be derailed, and how we can bridge divides between diverse ways of understanding the world in the 21^st century.

摘要

有效的社会互动建立在主体间性和社会性的基础之上。主体间性包括人们在社会交往中分享、协调和相互融合经验的能力。社会性在更广泛的主体间性背景下运作。它由一个人能够代表另一个人的意义系统的过程组成。社会性是理解人类如何进入、维持和以其他方式建立关系的关键。它对于人、组织、派别和意识形态之间的功能性人类联系至关重要。21^{世纪的许多问题}世纪——人与人之间共享意义系统的崩溃——是社会性问题，可以通过培养更深层次的社会性来解决。因此，社会性具有伦理和政治层面：我们应该努力实现和促进人与人之间的社会性。本期讨论的问题包括人类如何创造共同的理解世界的方式、共同意义的发展如何脱轨，以及我们如何弥合 21 世纪理解世界的不同方式之间的^鸿沟。