Now I am wondering if its an either or. Is plurality of ideals necessarily
in opposition to a universal ideal. It seems what allows a universal ideal
like money to emerge and remain dominant is its engagement with a plurality
of ideals.
It seems then if we want to replace the shared ideal of money with
something else, it must also engage a plurality of ideals.
I agree with Andy in that it seems obvious to me we live in an age where
money as a universal ideal has global sense to it, but I also do not think
we can understand that universality completely without understanding the
pluralities that Diane and others mentioned.
Money is in the totality position it is today because it has engaged
multiple (sometimes competing) ideals such as equality, democracy, freedom
etc. Its universality is dependent on engaging pluralities while at the
same time not losing its universality. While we may value democracy,
freedom, and equality - if they are put into a direct confrontation with
the pocket book they tend to lose.
Nate
At 08:09 PM 12/20/2000 +1100, you wrote:
>diane, what you say is of course the answer of our times to what I have
>said, but how can a world which in which all 6,000,0000,000 of its citizens
>participate in the same global workshop and measure their value against the
>same US$, be genuinely plural?
>
>True our theories are very plural, but our activity is more unitary than
>ever before imaginable.
>
>Andy
>
>
>At 06:56 AM 19/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >Andy asks
> >>Judy, I counted to ten and no-one spoke so ... I agree with your
> >>assessment
> >>of the possible ways forward, with this big qualification:
> >>
> >>Is it possible to live in this global world without *sharing an ideal*?
> >
> >is it possible the the global world is plural, thus comprised of many
> >ideals that aren't
> >of equal value but are of relative value to the global diversities who
> >produce such ideals?
> >diane
> >
> > **********************************************************************
> > :point where everything listens.
> >and i slow down, learning how to
> >enter - implicate and unspoken (still) heart-of-the-world.
> >
> >(Daphne Marlatt, "Coming to you")
> >***********************************************************************
> >
> >diane celia hodges
> >
> > university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
> >instruction
> >==================== ==================== =======================
> > university of colorado, denver, school of education
> >
> >Diane_Hodges@ceo.cudenver.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
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