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Vaidhyanathan makes some statements about culture, but I just don't agree with the characterization of culture. Perhaps he is just a bit more optimistic and focused than I.
I can't accept culture as something that seems as if it organized upon anarchy. Why? It lacks rejection of a certain principle that I feel is of the utmost importance. One of this and that (and even the other thing). I agree with Vaidhyanathan in the desire for cultural openness, fluidity, and openness, this anti-imperialist impulse has been accepted for years (until the Bush Doctrine).
The need for a pluralist view of cultures and values is, I feel, essential to open societies. Culture acts as an organizing principle for people. The culture to which one belongs determines rights and wrongs. What is due and what is owed. Herder said that culture offers a "center of gravity" which may now be, for us, civic republicanism in governance.
I can't accept culture as something that seems as if it organized upon anarchy. Why? It lacks rejection of a certain principle that I feel is of the utmost importance. One of this and that (and even the other thing). I agree with Vaidhyanathan in the desire for cultural openness, fluidity, and openness, this anti-imperialist impulse has been accepted for years (until the Bush Doctrine).
The need for a pluralist view of cultures and values is, I feel, essential to open societies. Culture acts as an organizing principle for people. The culture to which one belongs determines rights and wrongs. What is due and what is owed. Herder said that culture offers a "center of gravity" which may now be, for us, civic republicanism in governance.
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Hey, thanks for those insights.
I think it's important to suspend our usual perjorative notions of anarchy when considering how culture works. Anarchy is organization. It's just a particular kind of democratic organization. It's corruptable and riggable, as culture is.
I look forward to more comments on my book!
Siva
Hey, thanks for those insights.
I think it's important to suspend our usual perjorative notions of anarchy when considering how culture works. Anarchy is organization. It's just a particular kind of democratic organization. It's corruptable and riggable, as culture is.
I look forward to more comments on my book!
Siva
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