Worldliness: how do we live with others? Universality-as-multiplicity

Abstract: The ifa conference "Cultures of We" held on 13 September 2017 in Berlin cut to the core of world politics today. It asked: How can we stay true to the principle of equality, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), when "othering" has resurged in identity and politics validated by a newly-vocal narrative of "us versus them?" Populist movements formalized by Brexit in the United Kingdom in June 2016 and the election of Donald J. Trump to the US presidency five months later march in lock-step with other racist-nationalist regimes in the Philippines, Turkey, Austria, and so on. Many pockets of Scandinavia, previously models of liberal tolerance, also exhibit similar sympathies. Renewed commitment to the UDHR will not suffice, I’m afraid. Its insistence on singularity to convey universality sinks the proposition

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783921970201
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 6 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: ifa Input ; Bd. 02/2018

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Stuttgart, Mannheim
• (who): ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
• (when): 2018
• Creator: Ling, L. H. M.
• Contributor: ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)

Further information

• DOI: 10.17901/AKBP2.04.2018
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020120908500395084143
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:53 PM CET