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  • 5 - Narratives in Cognitive Evolution

  • Edited by Piki Ish-Shalom, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Markus Kornprobst, Vincent Pouliot, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book:
    Theorizing World Orders
    Published online:
    18 November 2021
    Print publication:
    25 November 2021, pp 107-133

  • Summary

    This chapter argues that one of the main lacunae of Emanuel Adler’s cognitive evolution framework is its lack of engagement with discourse as participating in meaning-making processes. It starts with a demonstration of what is arguably the most important contribution of the cognitive evolution framework: a becoming ontology. It then explores how adding narratives as a discursive process of becoming could strengthen this ontology. Cognitive evolution and narratives are complementary because they both rest on a becoming framework, so adding the latter has the potential to strengthen Adler’s theory, as well as its usefulness to guide empirical research. It uses the case of the World Bank and participatory development practices to demonstrate the importance of narrative in cognitive evolution and collective learning processes.