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Good post with a link to the author's latest at RT (see below).I would agree with the thrust but the major deficiency is missing the conflict between liberalism and traditionalism as chief factor in the current moment of the historical dialect. This conflict is seen not only among nations but within nations and even in social groups such as churches and political parties.This dialectic has many facets, so it is not a simple task to summarize it other than by noting major trends as they develop, usually from already existing conditions. But history is shaped by "humanity," which consists of individuals and social groups interacting in terms of a complex adaptive system subject to reflexivity and emergence. Trying to force the process or speed it up is generally to be deprecated, and not
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Good post with a link to the author's latest at RT (see below).Good post with a link to the author's latest at RT (see below).I would agree with the thrust but the major deficiency is missing the conflict between liberalism and traditionalism as chief factor in the current moment of the historical dialect. This conflict is seen not only among nations but within nations and even in social groups such as churches and political parties.This dialectic has many facets, so it is not a simple task to summarize it other than by noting major trends as they develop, usually from already existing conditions. But history is shaped by "humanity," which consists of individuals and social groups interacting in terms of a complex adaptive system subject to reflexivity and emergence. Trying to force the process or speed it up is generally to be deprecated, and not
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I would agree with the thrust but the major deficiency is missing the conflict between liberalism and traditionalism as chief factor in the current moment of the historical dialect. This conflict is seen not only among nations but within nations and even in social groups such as churches and political parties.
This dialectic has many facets, so it is not a simple task to summarize it other than by noting major trends as they develop, usually from already existing conditions. But history is shaped by "humanity," which consists of individuals and social groups interacting in terms of a complex adaptive system subject to reflexivity and emergence.
Trying to force the process or speed it up is generally to be deprecated, and not only because it is illiberal. Humans just are not that smart and we don't have the foresight needed either. In addition, social groups are often very different in their value systems and this is especially the case with societies, especially civilizational ones.
Moreover, the Western push for liberalization seems not only illiberal but also hypocritical on one hand and "interested" on the other. For one thing, Western nations do not have a clean record, as China is now pointing fingers at. For another, liberalization is a code word for Western dominated neoliberal "capitalism," even thought neoliberalism is incompatible with genuine democracy as governance of, by and for the people.
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Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa