SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Cultural Universal, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Muammar Gaddafi
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Soca02 week 11 march 28, 2013. Intersection multiculturalism (cultural relativism), feminism, anti-colonialism, political correctness: brief article on home page, brym it"s your choice . Universal principles of human decency (vs. ) cultural relativism. Condemn women to horrible reality based on an ideological position: abstract ideologies have their limits, consistency (or idealogical purity) for its own sake generates irrational outcomes. Ralph waldo emerson: a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Assert all cultures are equal: need affirm them. Ethnocentrism my culture is better than yours . Not deny cultural sovereignty to less powerful peoples. All cultures are equal: but! (rf) often exempt the west: practiced conquest, colonialism, imperialism. Invoke sense guilt for their past (rf) claim that west is somehow worse than others: warfare (& conquest) were historical givens. Spread very quickly, more in the middle ages. West more successful militarily, 17th century on.
