Towards an Understanding of the Internal Conversation and Metareflexivity of Slovenian Youth

The article contributes to the understanding of the reflexivity of Slovenian youth. It focuses on meta-reflexivity as an active critical evaluation of both one’s internal conversations and the social environment. The text draws upon the theoretical framework of critical realism, as represented by Ma...

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Published in:Druzboslovne razprave 2021-09, Vol.XXXVII (96-97), p.165-188
Main Authors: Tea Golob, Matej Makarovič
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
margaret archer
meta-reflexivity
morphogenesis
reflexivity
youth
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Summary:The article contributes to the understanding of the reflexivity of Slovenian youth. It focuses on meta-reflexivity as an active critical evaluation of both one’s internal conversations and the social environment. The text draws upon the theoretical framework of critical realism, as represented by Margaret Archer. The research involves a combination of a web-based survey and in-depth interviews with young people recognised as meta-reflexive. High meta-reflexivity is typically combined with either autonomous reflexivity, enabling the individual’s adaptation to the demands of individualistic competitiveness, or fractured reflexivity, demonstrating problems in these adaptations, with young women being more frequently found in the latter group. The semantic analysis of the biographical interviews shows how young people face structural challenges and establish their life paths and identities.
ISSN:0352-3608