Are there other ways to deal
with cultural pluralism than assimilation and separateness.
Not exact matches
Such
cultural pluralism is consistent
with the requirements of human nature for a determinate social matrix, and it provides for continued enrichment of the life of mankind through a variety of contrasting traditions.
Which returns us to the particular crisis of our time: the fact that current ideologies of religious, ethical,
cultural and political
pluralism do not provide the universalistic principles whereby we can state
with clarity and confidence that some things are just plain wrong.
One man's «
cultural pluralism» can then become another man's «nativism,»
with all the classic elements of violence and repression that that entails.
In the Western countries, including the United States, Muslims are struggling to reconcile their traditional belief that the Sharia embraces all of life, including politics,
with the religious and
cultural pluralism of the modern state.
She evokes his delight in «the world» together
with his vivid sense of its brokenness; his dedication to the life of the mind along
with his awareness of the limits of reason; his ease amidst
cultural pluralism and multiple interpretations; his understanding of choice as always constitutive and often tragic; his struggles
with temptation and doubt.
The answer is that they were confronted in the first place
with vast
cultural trends such as technological advance, professionalization, and secularism that they could not easily control; and their problem was made the worse by pressures of
cultural pluralism and Christian ethical principles that made it awkward if not impossible for them to take any decisive stand against the secularizing trends.
What I propose in the present analysis is to emphasize three major sets of forces to which the leadership of emerging universities and their constituencies were responding: first, those having to do
with the demands of technological society; second, those having to do
with ideological conflicts; and third, those having to do
with pluralism and related
cultural change.
Wesley Ariarajah who was Director of the Dialogue Unit of the WCC for many years, in his Thomas Athanasius lecture given in Kerala (Current Trends in Ecumenical Thinking 1992) deals
with the topic «Interpreting the Missionary Mandate» in the present context of religious and
cultural pluralism.
«18 In the present context of globalization it is not only necessary to reject «the Western pretence of universalism,» writes Rajni Kothari, «but also for non-Western cultures to seek answers to their problems from within and, in the process, not only provide
pluralism in techno -
cultural system but, through such
pluralism, help Westerners themselves to deal
with the new crop of problems they now encounter.
For us, it must start
with the vision of a peaceful world, where gradually the production and distribution of armaments gives way to the production and distribution of goods and services that benefit the human race instead of threatening to destroy it, a vision of the rule of law rather than of economic domination, a vision of democracy where people are able to have a real say in what their own future will be, a vision of smallness and community involvement, a vision of
cultural pluralism and a diversity of ideas, a vision of leisure spent meeting human needs.
That is, will the faith - communities while keeping their separate identities be prepared in the present historical situation of
pluralism, to interact
with each other bringing their respective religious and / or ideological insights on the conception of the human so as to build something of a consensus of
cultural and moral values on which to build a single larger secular community?
More so in a country like India
with its religious
cultural and ideological
pluralism.
As a port trading
with India, Aden was long known for religious and
cultural pluralism.
Some Christians and theologians, open to the world of
cultural and religious
pluralism, fascinated by it and eager to experiment alternative ways of practicing their faith, are willing to go a second mile, a third mile, even any number of miles,
with their new found friends and neighbors of other faiths.
The failings of New Labour: From a Blue Labour perspective, Jonathan Rutherford, Professor of
Cultural Studies at Middlesex University and editor of Soundings, writes very well on the failings of New Labour (see page 88 of this Soundings e-book, which is based on a series of seminars on Blue Labour, from 2010 - 11): «The early years of New Labour — the
pluralism, the ethical socialism, the stakeholding economy, the idea of a covenant of trust and reciprocity
with the people, the emotional language that reignited popular hope — created a powerful and successful story.
«But this emergent stability also reflects an implicit social contract among the various scientists and policy specialists involved, which allows «the same» concept to accommodate tacitly different local meanings» or «The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst
pluralism, and universality to coexist
with cultural distinctiveness».
The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst
pluralism, and universality to coexist
with cultural distinctiveness.
Activities conducted under this program include: Development Discourse
Pluralism and Peace Building (Formation of ulti - ethnic self - help groups, Pancasila Forum,
Cultural Dialogue and Intercultural Dialogue, Development of sermon of various religion
with Peace issues, Interactive Dialogue on the Radio, Campaign for Peace and Democracy Development Through Various Media);
Cultural revitalization («Mosehe» Culture of Tolaki Ethnic Group, Inter-religion dialogue); Other activities (Working jointly to build a places of worship, building Peace Monument, Performing Arts and Sports, economic activities)
Changing the
cultural norm from uniformity to
pluralism would engage
with theory, practice, and political compromise, to be sure.
Cultural pluralism (as indexed both by the amount of cultural difference between ethnic groups living within the same society and by the relative size and power of these groups) ranges from minimal in the United States to maximal in South Africa, with Mexico and Brazil in an intermediate p
Cultural pluralism (as indexed both by the amount of
cultural difference between ethnic groups living within the same society and by the relative size and power of these groups) ranges from minimal in the United States to maximal in South Africa, with Mexico and Brazil in an intermediate p
cultural difference between ethnic groups living within the same society and by the relative size and power of these groups) ranges from minimal in the United States to maximal in South Africa,
with Mexico and Brazil in an intermediate position.
As artists respond to the possibility of global environmental chaos, Mark Rappolt examines Tomás Saraceno's Aerocene project, one of the artist's most ambitious imaginings yet The Truth about «
Cultural Appropriation» With controversies over cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places»
Cultural Appropriation»
With controversies over
cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places»
cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a
cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places»
cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both
pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».»
«But this emergent stability also reflects an implicit social contract among the various scientists and policy specialists involved, which allows «the same» concept to accommodate tacitly different local meanings» or «The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst
pluralism, and universality to coexist
with cultural distinctiveness».
The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst
pluralism, and universality to coexist
with cultural distinctiveness.