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Worldliness: how do we live with others? Universality-as-multiplicity
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Abstract The ifa conference "Cultures of We" held on 13 September 2017 in Berlin cut to the core of world politics today. It asked: How can we stay true to the principle of equality, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), when "othering" has resurged in identity and politics valida... view more
The ifa conference "Cultures of We" held on 13 September 2017 in Berlin cut to the core of world politics today. It asked: How can we stay true to the principle of equality, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), when "othering" has resurged in identity and politics validated by a newly-vocal narrative of "us versus them?" Populist movements formalized by Brexit in the United Kingdom in June 2016 and the election of Donald J. Trump to the US presidency five months later march in lock-step with other racist-nationalist regimes in the Philippines, Turkey, Austria, and so on. Many pockets of Scandinavia, previously models of liberal tolerance, also exhibit similar sympathies. Renewed commitment to the UDHR will not suffice, I’m afraid. Its insistence on singularity to convey universality sinks the proposition.... view less
Keywords
Taoism; international relations; Eurocentrism; liberalism; populism; equality; equality of rights; collective identity; identity; human rights
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
Universalität; Daoismus; Jainismus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
City
Stuttgart
Page/Pages
6 p.
Series
ifa Input, 02/2018
ISBN
978-3-921970-20-1
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0