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restrictions that limit the right of group members to question traditional practices or refuse to conform to them.
Despite such a major attempt to reconcile the basic principles of Enlightenment liberalism with minority rights, both Brian Barry and Bhiku Parekh reject Kymlicka’s theory of liberal pluralism. The former believes that Kymlicka is in fact “illiberal” while the latter accuses him of “liberal absolutism.” I argue that the intractability arises because the polemic takes place within the paradigm of modernity. I conclude the chapter with an overview of Michael Walzer’s views articulated in On Toleration (1997), in particular his discussion of “post-modern toleration.” In this model, peculiar to immigrant societies, cultural differences are dispersed and are encountered everywhere. Individuals are set free of their “parochial entanglements” but do not assimilate to a common identity. I argue that this phenomenon is not a ‘project’ as Walzer has defined it, but a trend that is emerging with the process known as globalization. There is a tendency towards homogenization that accompanies the spread of the market economy. It is in this phenomenon that one may find sources for a new paradigm for a discussion of toleration.
In Chapter 2, I construct a new paradigm. I argue for a theory of interdependence that rests on two facts. One is a fact about human nature and the other a material fact of our interdependence in the economic sphere. I advance a theory of human nature where I draw attention to our essentially
Object Description
| Title | Negotiating pluralism and tribalism in liberal democratic societies |
| Author | Sadagopan, Shoba |
| Author email | sadagopa@usc.edu; shobasadagopan@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Philosophy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-22 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Lloyd, Sharon |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Dreher, John Keating, Gregory |
| Abstract | My aim in this dissertation is to enquire whether toleration as a practice is achievable. It is prior to the question of how it can be grounded as a virtue. I argue that in liberal democratic societies where there are struggles for recognition on the part of ethnocultural groups, it is possible to negotiate pluralism and tribalism in a way that a stable pluralist society can be maintained. My core thesis rests on a theory of interdependence based both on a theory of human nature and on the material fact of globalization. Insofar as we affirm our nature as human beings engaged in productive activity with other human beings, insofar as we value a world that facilitates that activity, toleration is desirable. It is achievable because with globalization there is a tendency towards homogenization that erodes cultural differences. There is less reason for conflict because what we have in common, our interdependence, goes far deeper than culture. A further sufficient condition may be found in well thought-out policies that are executed through education and dialogue. |
| Keyword | toleration; value pluralism; liberalism; cultural homogenization; globalization; common citizenship |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1658 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Sadagopan, Shoba |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Sadagopan-2395 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Sadagopan-2395.pdf |
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| Title | Page 13 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 10 restrictions that limit the right of group members to question traditional practices or refuse to conform to them. Despite such a major attempt to reconcile the basic principles of Enlightenment liberalism with minority rights, both Brian Barry and Bhiku Parekh reject Kymlicka’s theory of liberal pluralism. The former believes that Kymlicka is in fact “illiberal” while the latter accuses him of “liberal absolutism.” I argue that the intractability arises because the polemic takes place within the paradigm of modernity. I conclude the chapter with an overview of Michael Walzer’s views articulated in On Toleration (1997), in particular his discussion of “post-modern toleration.” In this model, peculiar to immigrant societies, cultural differences are dispersed and are encountered everywhere. Individuals are set free of their “parochial entanglements” but do not assimilate to a common identity. I argue that this phenomenon is not a ‘project’ as Walzer has defined it, but a trend that is emerging with the process known as globalization. There is a tendency towards homogenization that accompanies the spread of the market economy. It is in this phenomenon that one may find sources for a new paradigm for a discussion of toleration. In Chapter 2, I construct a new paradigm. I argue for a theory of interdependence that rests on two facts. One is a fact about human nature and the other a material fact of our interdependence in the economic sphere. I advance a theory of human nature where I draw attention to our essentially |
