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intolerance. I am not here arguing for the Aristotelian mean. I argue that when hardware and software combine in a certain way, civil society can open up public space in new ways. With the Internet, a greater role devolves on global civil society. Tribalism is constrained by the intrinsic features of the Net and by conscious initiatives on the part of agents.
For all that I have insisted on the positive effects of homogenization, I do not suggest that it alone can bring about stable pluralism. In the next chapter, I shall examine efforts to promote tolerance while maintaining cultural difference. I shall engage in a case study of U.K. Muslims since many of the issues of toleration and difference have crystallized recently around two major issues: the 2001 summer riots and the terrorist attacks on the London transportation system in 2005. Through an analysis of the various efforts being made to promote understanding and toleration among communities in a pluralist society such as the U.K., I shall attempt to strengthen the paradigm I have outlined so far. Homogenization, taken in conjunction with appeals to common citizenship can provide a basis for a stable pluralist society.
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 127 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 124 intolerance. I am not here arguing for the Aristotelian mean. I argue that when hardware and software combine in a certain way, civil society can open up public space in new ways. With the Internet, a greater role devolves on global civil society. Tribalism is constrained by the intrinsic features of the Net and by conscious initiatives on the part of agents. For all that I have insisted on the positive effects of homogenization, I do not suggest that it alone can bring about stable pluralism. In the next chapter, I shall examine efforts to promote tolerance while maintaining cultural difference. I shall engage in a case study of U.K. Muslims since many of the issues of toleration and difference have crystallized recently around two major issues: the 2001 summer riots and the terrorist attacks on the London transportation system in 2005. Through an analysis of the various efforts being made to promote understanding and toleration among communities in a pluralist society such as the U.K., I shall attempt to strengthen the paradigm I have outlined so far. Homogenization, taken in conjunction with appeals to common citizenship can provide a basis for a stable pluralist society. |
