religiously based system of ethics lies in its ability to create unanimous agreement among individuals of the same religion. The fundamental moral codes of a religion are generally predetermined by an indisputable deity or text, and thus cannot be debated between believers of the same religion. For example, there is no contention among Christians as to the morality of stealing, as the Ten Commandments state, “thou shalt not steal.” If an individual is caught stealing, a system based on Christian ethics can
civil religion can generation a “sense of inclusion and equality similar to liberal secularism, while also constructing solidarity and collective identity like religious nationalism.” (Williams and Fuist 2014; 932) Civil religion is a “proper balance between individual autonomy and the common good.” (Gorski 180) Gorski borrowed Weber’s theory of “value spheres” and argued civil religion could ease the tensions between different or even opposing values. Gorski explored the different catalyst for civil
INTRODUCTION This paper will discuss about the cultural war between Malaysia and Indonesia. Form this topic, I will explain about the definition of cultural war according to Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Besides that, I also will explain about what actually happened of what they (Indonesia) claimed from Malaysia. For example they claimed “batik”, Rasa Sayang song, Reog Ponorogo dance, “wayang kulit”, “kuda lumping”, “rendang padang”, “keris”, “angklung”, Pendet dance, “gamelan”, and “9 gondang”
with English predominantly becoming the primary language of the younger generations in Singapore, it further propels the generational differences and divisions, hence disrupting the intergenerational learning of family values. Furthermore, with the development of technology, both a catalyst and product of globalization, communication gaps have further widened between the older and younger generations. For example, based on an article in the New York Times, “Children increasingly rely on personal technological
COMPARISON OF NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS BETWEEN INDONESIA AND PHILIPPINE INTRODUCTION. The beginning of the 20th century was a time of awareness movement of nationalism in countries in Asia. Nationalism is a feeling of love will race and Country to free the homeland from occupiers of involving the release of economic and foreign culture. Based on Chukwu (2000), point out that “nationalism a patriotic feeling which brings an oppressed, but related people together to demand for their independence. It
rule and therefore the prevailing religious differences were first used to project the social and cultural variations and then to promote political division by treating Indians basically not as Indians but as members of religious communities. British imperialism in India perceived India essentially as two formations one is feudal principalities and religious communities. British administrators exploited the inbuilt divisions and tensions existing between feudal principalities and religious communities
be possible, Aloysius compellingly argues for a double reference points for assessing modern nationalism, and the becoming or being of a nation. While entities and processes akin to nation and nationalism may have existed in the past, a crucial difference in their pre-modern and modern manifestations is in the specific ways in which culture and power come to be fused. There are two dimensions to this fusion - internal and external - and modern fusion particularly relates to the internal dimension