CPO-2002 Lecture 28: Lecture 28
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Lecture 28 (cid:862)the clash of ci(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374)s,(cid:863) a(cid:373)uel hu(cid:374)ti(cid:374)gto(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:1005)993(cid:895) Arguments like this, linking religion to democracy, have a long history. Promotes democracy because of its connection to capitalism and development modernization. Catholic countries will find it hard to sustain democracy. Violent conflict will be prevalent between muslims and non-muslims (cid:862)p(cid:396)otesta(cid:374)tis(cid:373)"s e(cid:373)phasis o(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ility furthered the emergence of de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272) (cid:448)alues. (cid:863) lipset, (cid:1005)959. Poses problems for the acceptance of more socially and politically egalitarian institutions such as democracy. Hu(cid:374)ti(cid:374)gto(cid:374) a(cid:396)gues that co(cid:374)fu(cid:272)ia(cid:374) de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)a(cid:272)(cid:455) is a (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)adi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) te(cid:396)(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d that (cid:862)no s(cid:272)hola(cid:396)ly disagreement exists regarding the proposition that traditional confucianism was either undemocratic or anti-de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272). (cid:863) I(cid:374) the asia(cid:374) values de(cid:271)ate of the (cid:1005)99(cid:1004)s, othe(cid:396)s a(cid:396)gued that co(cid:374)fu(cid:272)ia(cid:374)is(cid:373)"s (cid:396)espe(cid:272)t fo(cid:396) authority and its emphasis on communalism made it incompatible with democracy. Several arguments have been given for why islam is incompatible with democracy.
