RELATIVIZATION OF THE CONFLICT SPACE

摘要

The "activity-organizational model" represents conflict as a type of social interaction,rndestructive counter-action, and opposes it to competition, a constructive counter-action.rnAccording to the model, the cause of a conflict should be found among the socialrnparadigms that determine the process and structure of counter-actions. Compatibility ofrnthe opponents' paradigms permits them to play the same "game" in the shared interactionrn"space." This suggests that transformation of the paradigmatic basis of interaction can bernused as a primary means for conflict management and resolution. Obviously, suchrntransformation is possible only if both sides of a conflict perceive its basis as relative.rnTherefore, problem-solving relativization of the paradigmatic basis of a conflict is arnprerequisite for application of the activity-organizational model and the first step in thernstrategy for conflict resolution. It is accepted that relativization of a conflict's basis isrnimpossible if the opponents assign to it the meaning of fundamental beliefs. Usually suchrnmeaning is associated with theo-ethno-national values that are considered absolute andrnunquestionable. These conflicts become non-manageable and chronic. In such cases, thernfirst step of relativizing the paradigm should be separation of the dimensions of thernconflict space: a fundamental dimension (sacral or absolute) should be made orthogonalrnto all other relative (profane) dimensions. The idea is to narrow down the sacral space asrnmuch as possible and drive it out of the social counter-action, thus, opening the door forrnmutual relativization of the paradigms. A relevant methodology for mutual relativizationrnof the paradigms could be a reversible constructive discourse, where each side of arnconflict plays the role of a "co-editor" of the opponent's relative space paradigm.