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instantiates my argument that a necessary condition for a stable pluralist society may be found in our interdependence.
These issues intersect in the cases I discuss. What emerges from the discussion is that the intractability I have discussed earlier, when manifest on the ground, leads to an impasse that is confrontationist. If toleration is to be achieved as a practice, it requires a multi-faceted approach, relying on a range of resources and in the spirit of Berlin’s value pluralism. If one accepts that human goals and values are many and not always commensurable, but not necessarily hostile, then toleration as a practice is possible. Recognizing difference, but also what there is in common between citizens of a particular society - - citizenship - - can lead to pluralism without tribalism. Such an approach is instantiated in the new policy of “community cohesion” proposed by the Cantle Commission and adopted by the government and is being implemented at various levels in a number of ways. It involves education, dialogue in public forums as well as use of the Internet. I conclude the chapter with a discussion of the idea of common citizenship.
I: The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Sharia furore
In a recent lecture, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury had suggested that certain elements of Sharia law pertaining to the family could form a “supplementary jurisdiction” for U.K. Muslims, with similar
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 133 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 131 instantiates my argument that a necessary condition for a stable pluralist society may be found in our interdependence. These issues intersect in the cases I discuss. What emerges from the discussion is that the intractability I have discussed earlier, when manifest on the ground, leads to an impasse that is confrontationist. If toleration is to be achieved as a practice, it requires a multi-faceted approach, relying on a range of resources and in the spirit of Berlin’s value pluralism. If one accepts that human goals and values are many and not always commensurable, but not necessarily hostile, then toleration as a practice is possible. Recognizing difference, but also what there is in common between citizens of a particular society - - citizenship - - can lead to pluralism without tribalism. Such an approach is instantiated in the new policy of “community cohesion” proposed by the Cantle Commission and adopted by the government and is being implemented at various levels in a number of ways. It involves education, dialogue in public forums as well as use of the Internet. I conclude the chapter with a discussion of the idea of common citizenship. I: The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Sharia furore In a recent lecture, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury had suggested that certain elements of Sharia law pertaining to the family could form a “supplementary jurisdiction” for U.K. Muslims, with similar |
