Social values exceed conscious comprehension and require imagination to navigate

Evidence

As Graeber (2001, 64–65) illustrates, the world of social values – of which we are a part, a process and a producer – is fundamentally beyond our conscious comprehension. … As a result, we must rely on our imaginations to give us the sort of comprehensive understanding of values that makes social action possible. Not only do we imagine what social values look like now, but we imagine how our actions might be received in the future and what the potential outcomes of our activities might be. — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 343

Categorization

• XREF: The imagination-as-social-navigation theme connects to deWaard’s argument that fiction-making imagination is central to financialized culture. — connects to: Uncertain social subjects require a reflective imagination to meet novelty — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 434; Imagination is social and intersubjective, constituting collectivities — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 154; Implicit social cognition research reveals prejudice operating below conscious awareness (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Uncertain social subjects require a reflective imagination to meet novelty #corroborates (0.85) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 434
• Imagination is social and intersubjective, constituting collectivities #expands (0.80) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 154
• Implicit social cognition research reveals prejudice operating below conscious awareness #exemplifies (0.72)