Tag Archives: globalization

Eagleton on Rorty

21 Apr Filed under Uncategorized.

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

9 Apr Filed under Doctorate Program, Education.

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

9 Apr Filed under Education.

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

25 Mar Filed under Course Work.

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