Tag: J.J. Rousseau
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Patriarchy Weakens Participation by Women
Reading Time: 8 minutesThere is a contradiction between progressives defending democratic principles, and proponents of the traditional family. This conflict is not limited to the well-known dispute between the Democratic Party and Conservatives in Congress. The problem is much older and far-reaching than that, as illustrated in this article by Chandrakala Padia. She concludes that…
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American Civil Religion and the Enlightenment
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn his theory of American Civil Religion, Robert Bellah attempted to attribute America’s sense of community to a common religious factor independent of the church. He said that a specifically American ideology has worked to form a homogenous and unified culture from unrelated immigrants. Because of the United States’ unique beginning, Civil…