Tag Archives: globalization

Eagleton on Rorty

In an interesting article on Commonweal, Terry Eagleton has a wonderful summation of Richard Rorty’s view of Western Civilization: Rorty’s kind of argument allows you to acknowledge that Western civilization is indeed a “culture” in the sense of being local and contingent-even as you claim … Read More

Loving my Neighbor: Respecting the Diversity of Viewpoints

IN CONCLUSION This course, Education for Social and Cultural Change,  strengthened my conviction that reality is comprised of a wonderful diversity that amazingly provides a coherence to human experiences. The discussions especially affirmed my understanding that humans everywhere intuitively recognize that each person has inherent … Read More

Worldview Dialog

PREFACE In the Fall of 2008, I enrolled in Education for Social and Cultural Change (ELC 721), a graduate course in the UNCG Education Leadership and Cultural Foundations program.  The course was taught by H. Svi Shapiro.  The curriculum included reading and discussing the following … Read More

Globalization and Identity Sacrifice

How are we to assuage those who react violently to the perception that the core of their identity is at risk?