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attest to the fact that in a more advanced stage of society, human beings lived and worked together.11
The more complex forms of social organization that have developed since prehistoric times have paralleled a complexity in the form of economic activity. As the division of labor has gradually extended, from the fruit gathering stage to the pastoral, to settled agriculture, the interdependence between human beings has increased. In pre-industrial societies, the economic and social spheres were inextricably linked in a web of complex relations of kinship and cultural community. This form of social organization, as I have stated (p 66 above), is usually described by sociologists as Gemeinschaft.12 With the growth of industrialism, the economic interdependence becomes greater and more complex. With advanced capitalism, the flow of capital becomes transnational. The cultural and social bonds remain within the nation state.
II: Globalization and Interdependence
I would now like to connect the theory of human nature based on the interdependence of human beings in their productive activity with the second point I had made earlier regarding interdependence in the sphere of economic activity. The nature of the economic system today is such that there is greater integration of economies than in the first half of the twentieth century. This is what Bernard Williams has in mind when he alludes to "international commercial society" offering a possible source of
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 79 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 76 attest to the fact that in a more advanced stage of society, human beings lived and worked together.11 The more complex forms of social organization that have developed since prehistoric times have paralleled a complexity in the form of economic activity. As the division of labor has gradually extended, from the fruit gathering stage to the pastoral, to settled agriculture, the interdependence between human beings has increased. In pre-industrial societies, the economic and social spheres were inextricably linked in a web of complex relations of kinship and cultural community. This form of social organization, as I have stated (p 66 above), is usually described by sociologists as Gemeinschaft.12 With the growth of industrialism, the economic interdependence becomes greater and more complex. With advanced capitalism, the flow of capital becomes transnational. The cultural and social bonds remain within the nation state. II: Globalization and Interdependence I would now like to connect the theory of human nature based on the interdependence of human beings in their productive activity with the second point I had made earlier regarding interdependence in the sphere of economic activity. The nature of the economic system today is such that there is greater integration of economies than in the first half of the twentieth century. This is what Bernard Williams has in mind when he alludes to "international commercial society" offering a possible source of |
