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There is also the fact of mixed marriages. A child born of a mixed marriage might not opt for either of the parents' ethnocultural identity. That child may choose a spouse of another ethnocultural origin. The common language spoken may be English. Thus this tendency towards homogenization levels difference. In one generation, ethnocultural identity is modified and the sources of strife and intolerance dry up considerably.
The chief medium for this homogenization is of course the Internet. Although MTV predates the Internet by a decade or so, and in a sense has paved the way for cross-cultural homogenization, today even MTV is mediated by the Internet. While television still has its grip on audiences, films are now being watched on the Internet. Music and film clips can be downloaded in seconds and access to these is not limited by any time-frame, as it is with television. A television channel may replay programmes and the number of channels can increase but television cannot match the Internet in scale. The sheer volume of traffic on the "information superhighway" has made it the ideal vehicle for cultural diffusion.
I have mentioned the cell phone above in terms of brand names. The technological revolution is such that now, the cell-phone becomes the ultimate medium of communication. It combines voice, text and e-mail. In the next chapter I shall study the Internet as a new kind of public sphere and discuss the cell-phone in that context. Thus far, I have argued that the Internet facilitates homogenization. In Chapter 3, in my discussion of 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 97 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 94 There is also the fact of mixed marriages. A child born of a mixed marriage might not opt for either of the parents' ethnocultural identity. That child may choose a spouse of another ethnocultural origin. The common language spoken may be English. Thus this tendency towards homogenization levels difference. In one generation, ethnocultural identity is modified and the sources of strife and intolerance dry up considerably. The chief medium for this homogenization is of course the Internet. Although MTV predates the Internet by a decade or so, and in a sense has paved the way for cross-cultural homogenization, today even MTV is mediated by the Internet. While television still has its grip on audiences, films are now being watched on the Internet. Music and film clips can be downloaded in seconds and access to these is not limited by any time-frame, as it is with television. A television channel may replay programmes and the number of channels can increase but television cannot match the Internet in scale. The sheer volume of traffic on the "information superhighway" has made it the ideal vehicle for cultural diffusion. I have mentioned the cell phone above in terms of brand names. The technological revolution is such that now, the cell-phone becomes the ultimate medium of communication. It combines voice, text and e-mail. In the next chapter I shall study the Internet as a new kind of public sphere and discuss the cell-phone in that context. Thus far, I have argued that the Internet facilitates homogenization. In Chapter 3, in my discussion of the |
