Question

Create the outline for you presentation. In a 3- 5mins presentation, your outline could easily fall into the following: 1 introduction a. opening statement b. Thesis statement c. preview 2 Body a.main point b.main point c.main point 3 Conclusion a Review b. Closing statement please keep in mind that an outline should be brief. I don't want you to write out the whole presentation we can choose any topic

Any topic

Answer 1

Cultural Pluralism in a changing world

For most people culture suggests high artistic or intellectual achievement, the development of art and science of the humanities, philosophy, the expression of the genius of a people. For the social scientist it includes all this and much more; it may be defined as embracing everything that a person requires as a member of society; all the habits as a member of society; all the habits and capabilities which are produced by the group. It may be expressed in works of art or scholarship, but also in what we eat and the way we dress.

It is perhaps not too surprising that in the history of human contacts most groups have been much more impressed by their differences from others than by the similarities. All too frequently, this has been associated with the belief that if they are different from us they must be inferior. In the language of many of the pre-literature society described by the anthropologists the expression that people referred only to one's own group; and other groups are often considered strange, inferior, somewhat less than human. This attitude although widespread is not necessarily universal, but it has certainly played an important part in the relationship between people not only in the obvious cases of colonization and other forms of exploitation, but even in situations which are motivated by liberal high minded programs such as technical assistance or cooperation.

It is possible to identify certain countercurrents, characterized by a greater willingness to recognise the rights of others of their own cultural identity and bi a greater concern on the part of those to maintain that identity. on the other side of the picture, various ethnic groups in a number of different countries are actively seeking the preservation of their own cultural identity. one of the most striking recent instances are an ethnic group sitting test and maintain its cultural identity is that of the blacks in the United States.

One aspect of culture which blacks have emphasized is that their self identity is always a people's identity. This is seen to be in contrast with the western emphasis on the shelf as individually unique and different. ln France today we are witnessing a striking development of concern with ethnic identity and the preservation of minority cultures.

The real question we ought to ask our self is whether korma among the patterns of universal character to forward there is one more likely to respect diversity in the overall development scheme. For there are many advantages in diversity and disadvantages are not only cultural but also economic. But with the help of cultural pluralism it is obvious that the obstacle to development can be removed with the help of cultural pluralism.