02-21-2006, 01:07 AM
There are (perhaps) four key processes of social transformation that need to be considered and are underway in various forms, and probably we see lot of shared goals, methods, etc. Who knows which party will eventually win out. Basically I wanted to see where and how a concept / framework of Hindu Rashtra will fall in. The processes - can be/ and are challenges to be addressed adequately (IMHO).
<b>The first:</b> Membership, is about inclusion and exclusion, and is challenged by identification with a new politics of cultural identity which transcends national boundaries.
<b>The second & third:</b> Rights and duties, is the relationship between citizen and state. Thus, rights, if defined, do they apply to all citizens qually or different for different people (not so good), BUT under modernity's project of universalism and idealism, this tooand other worldwide movements, this process is contributing a different meaning to "rights". The concept of duties implies a certain set of values, which is challenged by the emergence of increasingly globally oriented values, such as ecology (If a new value movement) or allegiance to chiurch or mullah or marx.
<b>The fourth: </b> Participation, is about democracy, and access to power, and the current challenges, based on global and information-based economy.
The old (not just yet) nation-state model to universal/globalist etc model (roughly) processes can be seen as: <i>NS - nation-state G - global</i>
<b>Membership: </b> Assimilationist, Nation-building (NS) - Pluralistic, Multicultural (G)
<b>Rights: </b> Civil liberties (NS) - Human rights (G)
<b>Duties:</b> National interest (NS) - Globalism, Environmentalism (G)
<b>Participatio</b> Representation, Liberal democracy (NS) - Information society, Radical democracy (G)
In case, it escaped anyone, the above processes/dynamics show how much in common the Mullah, Missionary, Marxists movements have in Common - their shared goals, methods etc. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> What is the "Hindu" response to the above? Would that adequately define a framework? (atleast the beginnings of one)?
<b>The first:</b> Membership, is about inclusion and exclusion, and is challenged by identification with a new politics of cultural identity which transcends national boundaries.
<b>The second & third:</b> Rights and duties, is the relationship between citizen and state. Thus, rights, if defined, do they apply to all citizens qually or different for different people (not so good), BUT under modernity's project of universalism and idealism, this tooand other worldwide movements, this process is contributing a different meaning to "rights". The concept of duties implies a certain set of values, which is challenged by the emergence of increasingly globally oriented values, such as ecology (If a new value movement) or allegiance to chiurch or mullah or marx.
<b>The fourth: </b> Participation, is about democracy, and access to power, and the current challenges, based on global and information-based economy.
The old (not just yet) nation-state model to universal/globalist etc model (roughly) processes can be seen as: <i>NS - nation-state G - global</i>
<b>Membership: </b> Assimilationist, Nation-building (NS) - Pluralistic, Multicultural (G)
<b>Rights: </b> Civil liberties (NS) - Human rights (G)
<b>Duties:</b> National interest (NS) - Globalism, Environmentalism (G)
<b>Participatio</b> Representation, Liberal democracy (NS) - Information society, Radical democracy (G)
In case, it escaped anyone, the above processes/dynamics show how much in common the Mullah, Missionary, Marxists movements have in Common - their shared goals, methods etc. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> What is the "Hindu" response to the above? Would that adequately define a framework? (atleast the beginnings of one)?