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The Internet constitutes a different kind of public sphere because of its intrinsic features. By intrinsic I mean those features that are a product of the technological character of the medium. These very features, transparency, accessibility, and interactive connectivity do not facilitate tribalism. While the extremist variant of tribalism may derive some kind of initial publicity, it also faces exposure because of the built-in transparency of the medium. I shall discuss these in Section III. I would first like to discuss the Intranet, since this type of network can indeed facilitate tribalism.
II: The Intranet
When we think of the Internet, we usually mean the World-Wide-Web. There is however one kind of network that is not part of the World-Wide-Web. This is known as the Intranet. It is a private network with its own server and is usually associated with institutions, educational establishments, banks, hospitals and the like. This network requires membership, a password and therefore nominally functions like a conventional association. And yet the Intranet occupies cyberspace, which is essentially public. In this sense it is the public of the private. The Intranet, as I have noted, is a closed institutional system with accessibility open only to the members of the institutions. Most such Intranet systems require a server. There is also the Listserve which is a software that is basically a sophisticated e-mail list. This could be used by any organization which does not have a server and does not require a physical location.
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 108 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 105 The Internet constitutes a different kind of public sphere because of its intrinsic features. By intrinsic I mean those features that are a product of the technological character of the medium. These very features, transparency, accessibility, and interactive connectivity do not facilitate tribalism. While the extremist variant of tribalism may derive some kind of initial publicity, it also faces exposure because of the built-in transparency of the medium. I shall discuss these in Section III. I would first like to discuss the Intranet, since this type of network can indeed facilitate tribalism. II: The Intranet When we think of the Internet, we usually mean the World-Wide-Web. There is however one kind of network that is not part of the World-Wide-Web. This is known as the Intranet. It is a private network with its own server and is usually associated with institutions, educational establishments, banks, hospitals and the like. This network requires membership, a password and therefore nominally functions like a conventional association. And yet the Intranet occupies cyberspace, which is essentially public. In this sense it is the public of the private. The Intranet, as I have noted, is a closed institutional system with accessibility open only to the members of the institutions. Most such Intranet systems require a server. There is also the Listserve which is a software that is basically a sophisticated e-mail list. This could be used by any organization which does not have a server and does not require a physical location. |
