Ch 1 - Grassroots
What does the author cite to be as the destruction of the cultures held by the masses and the social minorities?
What is... Modernization
Cherishing and protecting cultural spaces, Gandhi exemplified the mastery of what two distinct moral languages?
What is… Outsiders and Insiders
Do Oaxaca communities encourage the modern court trials from members of their tribe?
What is... No it is discouraged
What does the author name individuals he feel are being ignored or treated as inhuman, but need the help of grassroot campaigns?
What is... Social majorities
Explain how Oaxaca Indians and Americans differ when a member of their society violates a shared custom…
What is… Oaxaca Indians look to offer understanding and help for the individual while Americans look to issue punishment
Regarding “the Global Project”, the author uses a quote by Andrei Sakharov. What does this quote convey?
What is... the defense of human rights is a unifying tool for people globally.
What two groups of people do the authors separate society into?
What is... social majorities and social minorities
According to the author, human rights are how old in ideology?
What is... 200 years old
What word does the author use when describing what the allies of oppressed people/communities need to do in order to help cultures coexist?
What is... Conmoverse
What are the three “sacred Cows” the author discusses?
What is... global thinking, the universality of human rights, the myth of the individual self
Associated with the modern definition of human nature, which law does the author say defines the nature of our behavior?
What is… the law of scarcity
Featherstone quotes a member of the Triqui people of the Oaxaca about “Westerners” personification of Lady Justice. How does the Oaxaca ideology of Justice differ?
What is... Lady Justice should not be blind, but compassionate and aware of the crime
What does the author cite as the goal of merging the terms grassroots and postmodernism, in the opening section of the chapter?
What is... we hope to identify and give a name to a wide collection of culturally diverse initiatives and struggles of the so-called illiterate and uneducated non-modern “masses,” pioneering radical postmodern paths out of the morass of modern life
The author speaks of living in a "pluriverse". How does the author envision achieving common cultural backgrounds?
What is... through faith or mythos, the ability to bring humility and respect to another person's culture without aim for revision
What is the original name of the Intercultural Institute of Montreal and why was it founded?
What is... the Monchanin Cross—cultural Centre and to promote intercultural relations and social change