Sentences with phrase «of cultural debate»

The difficulty of the paradigm, of course, is that it lifts media policy out of a mere bureaucratic administration into a broader dimension of cultural debate: what sort of symbolic environment do we have, what sort of symbolic environment do we want, and what is the role of the media in our collective effort to deal with our human potential for violence?

But this is more of a cultural debate in this country.

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Writing in the Independent, Eliza Anyangwe wrote that «the debate [Daum's] prom pictures have prompted is justified,» and that «cultural appropriation is about power, and to many she's the embodiment of a system that empowers white people to take whatever they want.»

But if the emotional debate over America's newest arrivals often hints at cultural resentments — they speak another language; they have a different skin color — none of that rancor was present in our conversation.

But in a sign of the film's power and place in the cultural debate, Apple Inc said on Sunday it plans to carry the movie for rental and purchase on iTunes, the biggest and most - popular online content store.

Given these public debates, it will be interesting to see how Malaysia will apply goals of shared cultural prosperity from early iterations of the NEP to the current social context.

Don't expect Adidas to walk away from West after just one week of bad press about a key «creator» whose cultural cachet sparks national debate.

Scripture is debated largely because of the cultural bridge we must cross in order to understand the intention behind the stories told, the poetry used, and the rules described.

If those in the church who are in favor of changing long - held attitudes and ordinances relating to homosexuals were merely cultural relativists with no regard for the Bible or tradition, the debate would be easier.

For in terms of our legal culture, Griswold was the Pearl Harbor of the American culture war, the fierce debate over the moral and cultural foundations of our democracy that has shaped our politics for two generations.

Instead of being confined to hidebound formulations, Mother's Day has served to locate cultural debates about women and equality.

Applied to the question at hand, the debate thus proceeds on the unquestioned assumption that either human beings definitely are naturally religious, and so religion will always persist in human societies, or they are not naturally religious, and so modernity will inevitably secularize people and society as we shed the accidents of our cultural past.

If we can no longer conduct public debates according to the «objective» language of «self - evident truths» — ways of reasoning that purport to cut across religious and cultural distinctions — how will political debate move forward?

The cultural and intellectual authority of science depends critically upon its absolute neutrality in such debates.

We are closer to the truth, I believe, if we acknowledge that the debates in which we are embroiled are the products of moral, cultural, and political change.

A dimension which has been missed in this ongoing debate, however, is the extent to which the medium through which the gospel is mediated adds a cultural dimension which also needs to be considered in discerning the nature of the gospel.

In a Guardian article on November 3rd the prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan wrote concerning the «debate between faith and reason, and over the virtues of rationalism»: «The Pope's remarks at Regensburg have opened up new areas of inquiry that must be explored and exploited in a positive way, with a view to building bridges and, working hand in hand, to seeking a common response to the social, cultural and economic challenges of our day.»

In speaking to the Bundestag last 22 September Pope Benedict issued an «urgent invitation» to engage in «a public debate» on the cultural influence of...

It was inevitable, perhaps, that the «culture wars» — the debate that continues to rage over the impact of political correctness, multiculturalism, and their allied ideologies — would spawn a genre of liberal apologetics designed to exonerate liberalism itself from its role in abetting the establishment of radical doctrine as a mandatory standard of judgment in mainstream cultural life.

He developed his views on humanity's cultural creativity in the debate with Friedrich Nietzsche, who believed in the coming era of the superman.

In speaking to the Bundestag last 22 September Pope Benedict issued an «urgent invitation» to engage in «a public debate» on the cultural influence of positivistic philosophy (see our Road from Regensburg column).

Indeed, disputes between (and sometimes within) these cultural combines structured and restructured political debate, clothing the public square with a richly woven tapestry of values.

Kennedy's decision, now the law of the land, forces us to ask a series of critically important questions: Are citizens» whether Protestants, Catholics, Jews, or Mormons» who seek to apply transcendent moral values to public life welcome in political, legal, and cultural debates?

The conventional wisdom, then, has it backwards: cultural affinities constitute the long - term basis of electoral alignments, introducing fundamental values into politics and structuring the debate over them, while economic forces generate temporary disruptions of these culturally defined alignments.

The question, if anything, is even more acute now, when issues of cultural and legal pluralism are under passionate debate.

(i) the question of gay rights — funny I agree with gay rights, must be a political debate at its heart (ii) a wonan's right to choose — funny I agree with this, see above thought (iii) teaching evolution in school — again I agree (iv) my ability to buy a glass of wine on Sunday — definitely politics here (v) immunizing teens against HPV — got my kids immunized, not even politics here (vi) population control — this is religions fault??? no this is cultural (vii) assisted suicide at end of life — agree with that, still have my religion (viii) global warmning — agree it needs to get fixed, doesn't have anything to do with religion

In long industrialized nations and newly industrialized nations alike, the social, political and cultural arenas of life are defined and debated in ways controlled by the media.

the Holocaust, fascism, the horrors of World War II, the rapidly rising threat of international communism, and the danger of the bomb, American and British cultural leaders were engaged in intense debates over the future of Western civilization.

To set the stage, he provides a brief history of Hispanic presence in the United States and an overview of the economic, demographic, religious, and cultural factors at work in the current debate.

Many centuries of debate and cultural change have shaped the law and liturgy of contemporary Shabbat observance, which varies considerably from one branch of Judaism to another.

What Sehat misses is that what he calls the moral establishment, which roughly corresponds to the mainline Protestant cultural hegemony that existed through the early 1960s, was common to all sides of the debate and made the conversation over religious liberty possible in the first place.

The Washington Post: «Chick fil - A Appreciation Day» announced by Mike Huckabee amidst gay marriage debate After Chick - fil - A President Dan Cathy's comments on marriage launched a national «Eat Mor Chikin» backlash, another cultural bigwig, former Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee, announced Sunday that he was coordinating a campaign in support of the «company run by Christian principles.»

The film explores the social debate over breastfeeding among those who want to breastfeed, those who can't breastfeed and the cultural impact of breastfeeding choices.

Legislators, business owners and family members are debating how to reconcile the health benefits of nursing with the prevailing cultural squeamishness toward nursing in public.

If you are debating whether or not it is important to circumcise your boy it is important to consider your cultural and religious beliefs as well as speaking to your pediatrician about the potential medical pros and cons of this procedure.

It's on both, part of it is the different ways in which cultural norms and different healthcare institutions effect home birth control and debate.

I still believe, as I put it in chapter two, that «software», not «hardware» — the long, slow waves of cultural change, not the more obvious technological and economic changes that figure so prominently in public debate and academic social science — hold the key to the British predicament; that our ills form an interdependent system or, in medical language, a «syndrome»; and that they reflect the bewilderment and disorientation of a people who have forgotten the history that shaped them, and who therefore no longer know who they are.

Delinking politics and identity is not only relevant for rethinking a new progressive discourse on Europe, but also in the debate on the integration of cultural and religious minorities.

Another question for debate - supported by some opinion polling and qualitative studies - is whether the demand in England is more focused on cultural space for expressions of English identity than it is on political institutions.

Van Bramer, who chairs the Council's cultural affairs committee, where the debate over library funding has largely been heard, reminded of the Council's budget priorities as final negotiations take place between the 51 - member legislative body and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Monday Questions — Impact of restrictions on leafleting under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005; future of passport personal interview offices; plans for a full fiscal, monetary and banking union of the eurozone; compliance with European Council directive 2010 / 64 / EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings Legislation — Justice and security bill Short Debate — Long - term strategy for the arts and cultural sector

Controversial internet entrepreneur turned cultural critic Andrew Keen, who says the revolution of interactivity and user - generated content on the internet is leading to «less culture, less reliable news and a chaos of useless information» is one contributor certain to ignite debate at the two - day conference, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through its e-Society programme.

Debate - UK economy and the Government's role in promoting growth - Lord Deighton Short Debate - Future role of cultural projects and the arts in regional and economic regeneration - Baroness Quin

Although Britain becomes ever more a cultural 51st state of the US, there are certain references in popular culture that remain specifically American: baseball, the yellow school bus, and that line in a Paul Simon song about «going to the candidates» debate».

Key to this is the idea of a cultural glasnost whereby channels for dissent and debate are enabled.

The field of bioethics has addressed a broad swathe of human inquiry, ranging from debates over the boundaries of life (e.g. abortion, euthanasia), surrogacy, the allocation of scarce health care resources (e.g. organ donation, health care rationing) to the right to refuse medical care for religious or cultural reasons.

Engle explores the debate among anthropologists, ever since the AAAS submitted its Statement on Human Rights to the United Nations in 1947, over the tensions between the limits of tolerance and cultural relativism with the pursuit of more universal norms of social justice.

A long - standing debate in the field of cultural evolution has revolved around the question of how and why human societies become more hierarchical.

It has long been debated whether that change in subsistence strategy involved the mass migration of people from the Near East bringing innovative technologies and domestic animals to Europe or whether it was due to a transmission of cultural practices passed on from neighbouring populations.

As director of the Manchester Science Festival, she is in charge of pulling together nine days worth of cultural events, interactive exhibits, school shows and intellectual debates into a coherent celebration of science.