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the kind of measures taken by the French and German governments. My argument appeals to the in-built features of the Internet: the sheer visibility of such sites allows the Anti-Defamation League to monitor the activities of such groups and even post information on rallies and meetings.10 Beyond the visibility, the other features, such as the blog and the wiki allow for correctives: those who oppose incitement to hatred can enter the websites in question. These issues are contentious, because there those who believe that the Wikipedia is not neutral and others who believe that freedom of expression must be maintained at all costs. While this debate is ongoing, what is not altered is the equalizing power of the Internet. Just as I have argued in Chapter 3 that globalization brings with it a tendency towards homogenization, I argue here that the Internet brings with it a tendency towards equalization. Attempts at using the Internet to promote the extremist variety of tribalism are contained by groups who represent the opposite trend, such as the Anti-Defamation League, and the intrinsic features of the Internet which facilitate transparency. Attempts to use the Internet to promote tribalism of the isolationist variety result in the isolation being eroded, thus defeating the nominal aims to be pursued, as in the case of the Amish.
This is not to paint an over-optimistic picture of what the Internet can facilitate. The example of the Ethical Globalization Initiative that I have cited indicates however that the weightage is in favor of such initiatives rather than those which seek to exclude the Other. Homogenization and equalization have the effect of neutralizing extremes and tribalism is an extreme when it is founded on
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 126 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 123 the kind of measures taken by the French and German governments. My argument appeals to the in-built features of the Internet: the sheer visibility of such sites allows the Anti-Defamation League to monitor the activities of such groups and even post information on rallies and meetings.10 Beyond the visibility, the other features, such as the blog and the wiki allow for correctives: those who oppose incitement to hatred can enter the websites in question. These issues are contentious, because there those who believe that the Wikipedia is not neutral and others who believe that freedom of expression must be maintained at all costs. While this debate is ongoing, what is not altered is the equalizing power of the Internet. Just as I have argued in Chapter 3 that globalization brings with it a tendency towards homogenization, I argue here that the Internet brings with it a tendency towards equalization. Attempts at using the Internet to promote the extremist variety of tribalism are contained by groups who represent the opposite trend, such as the Anti-Defamation League, and the intrinsic features of the Internet which facilitate transparency. Attempts to use the Internet to promote tribalism of the isolationist variety result in the isolation being eroded, thus defeating the nominal aims to be pursued, as in the case of the Amish. This is not to paint an over-optimistic picture of what the Internet can facilitate. The example of the Ethical Globalization Initiative that I have cited indicates however that the weightage is in favor of such initiatives rather than those which seek to exclude the Other. Homogenization and equalization have the effect of neutralizing extremes and tribalism is an extreme when it is founded on |
