Atkinson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-1652 (2022) The shape of space: on the possible conscious properties of elementary particles, and their application to social and economic theory. Working Paper. Researchgate. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

How do we know the potential of an undirected society of individuals? Events, such as the November 2019 terrorist murder of two young people at the start of their working lives in the service of a ‘good’ society at the Fishmonger’s Hall in London, UK, propel this question to the heart of any critique of contemporary society, and its organisation and management. It is a question that must be confronted at the outset. While some institutions hold certain beliefs over the risks posed by certain actions or activities, others hold different views. This essay, part of a working project in applied negative dialectics, puts forward the argument that the probability of any future observable outcome in society remains a function of the imagination, acting on both the present state and the multi-dimensional space available for a relativistic socio-economic transaction. The essay invokes concepts and ideas from quantum theory; it offers the provocation that the imagination makes it possible for an individual to commit to a given socio-economic action and for the outcome to be either positive or negative. In provocatively exploring the possible conscious properties of elementary particles, and their application to social and economic theory, the essay argues that the potential of an undirected society of individuals must lie in a consciousness of both the negative and positive probabilities of undirected quantum socio-economic transactions. A corollary being that there must be an ethical responsibility to a respect for the imagination.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Status:	Unpublished
DOI:	10.13140/RG.2.2.34779.08486
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
School/Department:	York Business School
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/6167

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