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| Dec 13, 2009 4:56 pm |
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re: re: the entire fate of the Universe rests on you |
James Booth
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"multiculturalism" is really beyond the scope or intent of this thread, is it not ?
Philip Atkinson's "A Theory Of Civilization" is indeed a theory:
"A Civilization is a community that imposes its beliefs upon all other communities
by violence.
A Community is a shared understanding; a creature that has a life-cycle like any
other as it first waxes to a prime before waning into senility then dissolution.
As a civilization is a community, and a community is an understanding, then the
study of civilization must be the study of understanding and so it is philosophy."
Need I buy into it ?
My preference is to look forward rather than back.
I believe we can be "civilized" - achieve *civilization* - in new ways (yes, plural)
We do NOT have to *impose* on anyone (though certainly we can).
We should by now be aware that imposing our "beliefs" or anything else on others is not *the way*
We should by now be aware what results from attempting to impose on others.
We should therefore be already fashioning a new *culture* which is sustainable
... as some of us are, and have been doing so for a while in our lives.
We must, if we are to survive at all, achieve a NEW UNDERSTANDING !
To that end, let us proceed ...
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