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Chapter 3: Interdependence: Between Cultural Difference and Homogenization
In the previous chapter I have laid out the broad philosophical positions on the question of pluralism. I have suggested that the intractability of the positions arises because the discourse takes place within the paradigm of modernity. The language of Enlightenment and counter-Enlightenment can no longer sustain the discourse on toleration and pluralism. A shift in the paradigm is necessary because today, the problems associated with pluralism occur in the context of the phenomenon known as globalization. The spread of the market economy has meant a certain porosity in borders, both geo-political and cultural. With population migrations, conflict now occurs between ethno-cultural groups who were not previously in contact. At the same time, traditional conflicts between national minorities have been exacerbated, especially in the former Soviet Union and the East bloc countries. What is significant is that both types of conflict occur among ethnocultural groups who have no experience of liberal democracy. As some scholars have observed in response to Will Kymlicka's Can Liberal Pluralism Be Exported? it cannot.1
In this chapter I shall attempt to construct a new paradigm for the discourse on pluralism in the context of globalization. I shall argue for a theory of interdependence among human beings that transcends ethnocultural differences. My use of the term 'ethnocultural' subsumes
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 69 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 66 Chapter 3: Interdependence: Between Cultural Difference and Homogenization In the previous chapter I have laid out the broad philosophical positions on the question of pluralism. I have suggested that the intractability of the positions arises because the discourse takes place within the paradigm of modernity. The language of Enlightenment and counter-Enlightenment can no longer sustain the discourse on toleration and pluralism. A shift in the paradigm is necessary because today, the problems associated with pluralism occur in the context of the phenomenon known as globalization. The spread of the market economy has meant a certain porosity in borders, both geo-political and cultural. With population migrations, conflict now occurs between ethno-cultural groups who were not previously in contact. At the same time, traditional conflicts between national minorities have been exacerbated, especially in the former Soviet Union and the East bloc countries. What is significant is that both types of conflict occur among ethnocultural groups who have no experience of liberal democracy. As some scholars have observed in response to Will Kymlicka's Can Liberal Pluralism Be Exported? it cannot.1 In this chapter I shall attempt to construct a new paradigm for the discourse on pluralism in the context of globalization. I shall argue for a theory of interdependence among human beings that transcends ethnocultural differences. My use of the term 'ethnocultural' subsumes |
