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between light and darkness? . . . Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you[.]" (II Corinthians 6: 14, 17)
The Amish live by these commands in secluded farming communities. Some Amish are more conservative than others. The Old Order Amish are considered the most traditional.
The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania home page describes the Amish thus:
The more traditional groups are called 'old order'. They do not permit electricity or telephones in their homes. By restricting access to television, radio, and telephones, the Amish are better able to keep the modern world from intruding into their home life.
Brian Barry, in Culture and Equality has devoted an entire chapter to a scathing criticism of the Amish and how, in fact they are not so unworldly. On Barry's view, they relate very much to the world through proxies. My concern here is whether the Internet facilitates this kind of tribalism, even though it may be innocuous. There are several web-sites devoted to the Amish with details of their origins, beliefs and practices. Some of these web-sites describe themselves as groups committed to defending religious freedom, others as the local county home page as in the case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There are also similar web-sites for Holmes County, Ohio and each of the counties where the Amish live.
The significance of these web-sites lies less in the fact that they may be run by proxies than in the fact that most of them function as tourist bureaus. The websites advertise a large range of Amish goods, from organic foods to furniture and artifacts. More importantly, they invite non-Amish to visit Amish country, stay
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 |
Description
| Title | Page 118 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 115 between light and darkness? . . . Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you[.]" (II Corinthians 6: 14, 17) The Amish live by these commands in secluded farming communities. Some Amish are more conservative than others. The Old Order Amish are considered the most traditional. The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania home page describes the Amish thus: The more traditional groups are called 'old order'. They do not permit electricity or telephones in their homes. By restricting access to television, radio, and telephones, the Amish are better able to keep the modern world from intruding into their home life. Brian Barry, in Culture and Equality has devoted an entire chapter to a scathing criticism of the Amish and how, in fact they are not so unworldly. On Barry's view, they relate very much to the world through proxies. My concern here is whether the Internet facilitates this kind of tribalism, even though it may be innocuous. There are several web-sites devoted to the Amish with details of their origins, beliefs and practices. Some of these web-sites describe themselves as groups committed to defending religious freedom, others as the local county home page as in the case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There are also similar web-sites for Holmes County, Ohio and each of the counties where the Amish live. The significance of these web-sites lies less in the fact that they may be run by proxies than in the fact that most of them function as tourist bureaus. The websites advertise a large range of Amish goods, from organic foods to furniture and artifacts. More importantly, they invite non-Amish to visit Amish country, stay |
