Intellectual paradigm shifts always preserve elements of what they overturn

Evidence

In the evaluation of the dominant moods of any historical period it is important to hold fast to the fact that there are always islands of self-sufficient order-on farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters-where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives: as moral as they can be, as free as they may be, as masterly as they can be. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 860 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Critical theoretical work is inherently open-ended and dialogical, never linear; Intellectual paradigm shifts never completely break from prior positions.; Intellectual change proceeds through uneven breaks rather than tradition or rupture — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 180 (+8 more)

Related

• Discerning order always persists within otherwise disordered historical periods (similarity 0.85)
• Intellectual paradigm shifts never completely break from prior positions. (similarity 0.83)
• Historical analysis can shift from figure and event to field and ground. (similarity 0.83)
• Intellectual change proceeds through uneven breaks rather than tradition or rupture (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Ideologies change when subordinate elements of old ideology become primary #exemplifies (0.60)
• Discerning order always persists within otherwise disordered historical periods #expands (0.50) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 860