Cultural freedom & human development today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684984 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sakiko Fukuda‐parr (0000-0002-6004-3606, United Nations Development Programme, corresponding author), Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is director of the Human Development Report Office for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She was chief author of the UNDP report for 2004, “Expanding Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World.”) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 37-45 |
| Publication date | 2004-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/0011526041504470 |
| OpenAlex | W2069326891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
the world–a fear of cultures that seem threatening, for one reason or another.1 This fear has generated questions about the role of culture in human progress that have increasingly come to dominate public debates. For example: Does Hispanic immigration erode the American culture and threaten identity? Is Islam an obstacle to democracy? Does the power of traditional cultures explain stagnation in Africa? Will the conflicts between Shiite and Sunni communities lead to civil war in Iraq? At the same time, much recent literature in the social sciences has approached culture in purely instrumental terms–as if culture were merely a means to some other end (modernization, for example), rather than an end in itself and one of the chief goals of human development. In what follows I will argue that the ability to choose an attachment to one or more cultures is an intrinsic value, to be protected and promoted as a basic human freedom. Individuals acting alone cannot achieve this goal: only public policies can ensure that distinct cultures and cultural identities coexist within the borders of any given state (a recognition of different cultures often referred to as ‘multiculturalism’). As economic globalization advances, states must also devise policies that expand rather than reduce cultural diversity. But before I say more about the reasons for regarding culture as an intrinsic value, it will be helpful to discuss my understanding of progress in terms of human development
Aesthetics · Cultural homogenization · Democracy · Diversity (politics · Environmental ethics · Globalization · Identity (music · Modernization theory · Multiculturalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · International Development and Aid · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2010 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |