----- Original Message ----- From: "Luis Gutierrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:38 PM Subject: [Global Change: 527] Re: Global Impacts of Religious Violence
>[dl] Have you encountered Alex Inkeles' "psychological modernity" theory of > development? [lg] I just googled him ... can you recommend a short intro or tutorial? "modernization theory identified traditional, "pre-modern" cultural values guiding action as the crucial barrier to entering the stage of a developed society (Inkeles and Smith 1974; Lerner 1958; Lerner 1968; Rostow 1960). Development action based on modernization theory envisioned the diffusion of modern values through education and technology transfers to non-western elites (Leys 1996)." http://www.cultureandpublicaction.org/conference/s_o_d_modernizationtheory.htm http://www.cultureandpublicaction.org/conference/s_o_d__references.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernization_theory [lg] Recently I have been reading the writings of René Girard about the link between violence and religion. Are you familiar with Girard's work? The last French anthropologist that I read was Levi-Strauss. I was not aware of Girard until I saw your newsletter. I take it that his work is all about religious violence. Is there any indication in his work of the connection between religion, violence, and global change - or does it simply boil down to "violence is bad"? I think we can agree that violence is bad, and after some further researches find there are forms of violence rooted in religion, but I don't think we will agree that therefore some religious institutions should be taxed because they subscribe to "bad" dogma X, while others not taxed because they subscribe to "good" dogma Y. Historically, religious persecution and unfair taxation are the stuff war and rebellion are made of. Peace, -dl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
