The positive side of global citizenship
By: Peter Truax
Issue date: 4/24/09 Section: Opinion
Is this practical? Yes! It requires time; time for discussion and a slow movement forward towards equality that doesn't erode backward. Even though there are no quick fixes in life that shouldn't leave us despondent. The idea of the global citizen and the universal universalism they actualize will change before the end of our lifetimes, but we will be the ones to shape that evolution. The discussion of our common humanity should not stop for fear of any one component being dominant, no matter from what context it arises. In uplifting our common humanity we celebrate diversity, not crush it. However, we must also acknowledge that common humanity and the rights guaranteed therein supersede difference. Global citizenship, through the creation of universal universalism establishes a common humanity, which in turn brings about equality while maintaining diversity. The work of global citizenship to resolve our unjust history is slow and damn difficult work, but it is work we must all share and engage in.
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Che Guevara T-shirt
posted 5/04/09 @ 5:18 PM CST
Yeeeah, that all kinda sounds like nonsense to me. Is there actually a coherent theoretical foundation for this hooey or do you really just kinda make up the definition of "global citizenship" as you go? Isn't "universalism" universal enough? What new content have you added to the term by adding "universal" to it?
And why do I have to buy into a new ideology to have respect for my fellow man? There's already a Christianity. (Continued…)
Joseph Busey, Ph.D.
posted 7/11/09 @ 4:13 PM CST
A while back, at a then-well-respected academic institution, one professor was locally famous for a rubber stamp of a male bovine, a Bull, if you will. (Continued…)
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