Ryan Griffis on Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:09:01 +0100 (CET) |
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[Nettime-bold] samuel huntington + clashing cultures |
a statement from huntington when he was on the US council for foreign relations helps identify the "clash of cultures" on the homefront: "Some of the problems of democracy today stem from an excess of democracy... The effective operation of a democratic system usually requires some measure of apathy and non-involvement on the part of some individuals and groups." One scary aspect of this is the repetition of this ideology in "benign" quarters like the US Public Parks and Recreation Services, that have large educational components. An "educational" pamphlet for the Roosevelt Timucuan Preserve in N.Florida, speaking of the forced extinction of the Timucuan (erroneous name aside) cultures says "In a clash of cultures, one must ultimately be destroyed." ...right wing (media) activist groups like (neo malthusian, pseudo-environmentalist) Project USA http://www.projectusa.org don't seem so marginal anymore. The border issues are being taken up vigorously by the right as well as the left it seems (not new i know). i've seen media evidence of similar recent trends in Europe, but what are some of the differences? and significance in terms of cross cultural networking for leftist, media-involved activists? best, ryan __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold