From Priyamvada Gopal: The most peculiar canard is still doing - TopicsExpress



          

From Priyamvada Gopal: The most peculiar canard is still doing the rounds and its being peddled by everyone from right to left, including some people I otherwise respect: the notion that tolerance, liberty and reason are uniquely Western ideals and derive solely from the Enlightenment as though that moment emerged, ab nihilo, out of some particularly white and Christian gene, untouched by contact with other civilisations and cultures. Unfortunately, even a cursory glance at non-Western traditions and non-Christian bodies of texts suggests entirely otherwise.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:27:53 +0000

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