Lesson 26: Culture, Religion, Language & Identity 2

1. Can religion be a force for universality?
2. What about language?
3. How can universality not stamp out diversity?
4. Put another way, can we have a global civilization without turning into a homogeneous "McWorld"? Can we protect unique identities and celebrate heritage and local cultures without fundamentalist "Jihad"?
5. Student presentations
6. Class evaluations: Honors Program and my own.

Take-home point: Modernization need not mean anomie and alienation, but it will take some work to make sure it doesn't.