消失,流离失所和被低估:为全球土著健康采取行动的呼吁
Carolyn Stephens1, John Porter, Clive Nettleton
1Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. carolyn.stephens@lshtm.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|June 20, 2006
概括
生命在多样性中壮成长;压制文化差异削弱了人类. 通过不受控制的进步拥抱单一的全球文明会导致生命力和潜力的丧失. 保护文化多元化对生命至关重要.
科学领域:
- 科学哲学的科学哲学
- 文化人类学 文化人类学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 进步的概念通常与技术进步和文化同质化有关.
- 统一性经常与停滞或衰退有关,与生活的活力形成鲜明对比.
- 压制不同观点和文化实践可能对社会活力产生不利影响.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地研究复杂系统中多样性和活力之间的关系.
- 分析由追求单一的全球文明驱动的文化同质化的社会影响.
- 反对这样一种观念,即由进步和技术驱动的统一性有利于生命.
主要方法:
- 哲学论证和综合来自各个学科的概念.
- 分析与文化交流和压制有关的历史和社会学趋势.
- 关于生命,死亡,多元性和统一性的概念探索.
主要成果:
- 差异的相互作用被认为是动态系统 (包括生命) 背后的基本驱动力.
- 压制文化和文明差异削弱了生命,并促进了类似于死亡的状态 (统一性).
- 单一的理想,普遍的文明,往往由进步和技术促进,导致贫困和潜在的损失.
结论:
- 文化和文明的多样性对于生命的活力和丰富性至关重要.
- 通过进步和技术不断追求统一性,对人类潜力和生命的延续构成重大威胁.
- 保护多样化的世界观和文化对于维持生命的可能性至关重要.
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