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Commentary: Omniculturalism: Policy Solutions to Fundamentalism in the Era of Fractured Globalization

Georgetown University, USA, moghaddf{at}georgetown.edu

Cultural researchers need to pay more attention to religious fundamentalism, which has persisted and even increased, against expectations raised by modernization theories. This discussion represents a preliminary exploration of fractured globalization and global conditions associated with religious fundamentalism. Continuing intergroup conflicts, fundamentalism, and terrorism suggest a need to rethink traditional policies for managing diversity. The alternative policy of omniculturalism is put forward as a longer term solution to fundamentalism and intergroup conflict. Omniculturalism is based, first, on universals and a primary identity consisting of the superordinate category ‘human’, but also on distinctiveness and a secondary identity formed through affiliation with religious, ethnic, and other such groupings.

Key Words: culture and policy • diversity • fundamentalism • globalization • threatened identity

Culture & Psychology, Vol. 15, No. 3, 337-347 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X09337867


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