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homogenization takes several forms though. Another sphere where the homogenization is very palpable is in the entertainment industry. Multiculturalists would argue that this is yet another instance of Anglo-American cultural imperialism. In France, there have been grave concerns over the impact of Hollywood films and considerable efforts have been made to preserve French cinema. There is some basis for these fears in terms of the film industry's need for international box office revenue. There is also the ideological content that could justify charges of cultural imperialism. I shall therefore focus on music and MTV because here, the homogenization is cross-cultural and cannot quite be construed as imperialism.
The genre of popular music known as "Hip-hop" has its origins in Jamaica in the 1960s. In the 1970s, it surfaced in New York with the Jamaican rapper Kool DJ Herc popularizing it in the Bronx. It was initially known as "rap." "Rap" is the isolation of the break-beat and refers to the lyrics. For reasons of convenience I refer to this genre as Hip-hop. In the 1980s, the genre spread through the United States and a little later, to different parts of the world. In the 1990s, it had reached countries as far apart as Sweden, Tanzania and Japan.
The significance of the spread of the genre is that it best instantiates the tendency towards homogenization in multiple directions. It is true that in the 1960s and 1970s rock music was extremely popular the world over. Furthermore it was the province of the famous Anglo-American rock stars who sang in English. The
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 93 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 90 homogenization takes several forms though. Another sphere where the homogenization is very palpable is in the entertainment industry. Multiculturalists would argue that this is yet another instance of Anglo-American cultural imperialism. In France, there have been grave concerns over the impact of Hollywood films and considerable efforts have been made to preserve French cinema. There is some basis for these fears in terms of the film industry's need for international box office revenue. There is also the ideological content that could justify charges of cultural imperialism. I shall therefore focus on music and MTV because here, the homogenization is cross-cultural and cannot quite be construed as imperialism. The genre of popular music known as "Hip-hop" has its origins in Jamaica in the 1960s. In the 1970s, it surfaced in New York with the Jamaican rapper Kool DJ Herc popularizing it in the Bronx. It was initially known as "rap." "Rap" is the isolation of the break-beat and refers to the lyrics. For reasons of convenience I refer to this genre as Hip-hop. In the 1980s, the genre spread through the United States and a little later, to different parts of the world. In the 1990s, it had reached countries as far apart as Sweden, Tanzania and Japan. The significance of the spread of the genre is that it best instantiates the tendency towards homogenization in multiple directions. It is true that in the 1960s and 1970s rock music was extremely popular the world over. Furthermore it was the province of the famous Anglo-American rock stars who sang in English. The |
