Stephen Tierney
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199298617
- eISBN:
- 9780191708855
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298617.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
Over the past thirty years, sub-State national minorities in a number of developed liberal democracies have both reasserted their cultural distinctiveness and demanded recognition of it in legal and ...
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Over the past thirty years, sub-State national minorities in a number of developed liberal democracies have both reasserted their cultural distinctiveness and demanded recognition of it in legal and political terms. This phenomenon has been the subject of considerable study by sociologists, political scientists, and political theorists. This book differs by offering a study of the consequences of these rights claims for legal systems. It examines the role played by law, especially constitutional law, in the negotiation of the complex relationships and competing rights claims involving the State, national minorities, and other groups and individuals within the State. This book addresses the constitutional issues, both in theory and in practice, that accompany the existence of national diversity in pluralist democracies. The book contends that the democratic plurinational state, characterized by the presence of more than one national group within the State, is a discrete category of multi-level polity which defies the standard classifications of liberal constitutionalism. Building upon this theoretical basis, this book then focuses upon recent developments towards the institutional accommodation of Catalonia, Quebec, and Scotland. The book examines the legal issues which arise from the challenges posed by national minorities within multinational democracies, to the constitutional and institutional structures of particular States, and also to some of the fundamental precepts of democratic constitutional theory and practice.Less
Over the past thirty years, sub-State national minorities in a number of developed liberal democracies have both reasserted their cultural distinctiveness and demanded recognition of it in legal and political terms. This phenomenon has been the subject of considerable study by sociologists, political scientists, and political theorists. This book differs by offering a study of the consequences of these rights claims for legal systems. It examines the role played by law, especially constitutional law, in the negotiation of the complex relationships and competing rights claims involving the State, national minorities, and other groups and individuals within the State. This book addresses the constitutional issues, both in theory and in practice, that accompany the existence of national diversity in pluralist democracies. The book contends that the democratic plurinational state, characterized by the presence of more than one national group within the State, is a discrete category of multi-level polity which defies the standard classifications of liberal constitutionalism. Building upon this theoretical basis, this book then focuses upon recent developments towards the institutional accommodation of Catalonia, Quebec, and Scotland. The book examines the legal issues which arise from the challenges posed by national minorities within multinational democracies, to the constitutional and institutional structures of particular States, and also to some of the fundamental precepts of democratic constitutional theory and practice.
Paul U. Unschuld
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520257658
- eISBN:
- 9780520944701
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520257658.003.0012
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
This chapter discusses various aspects that are shared by and various differences between the two medical traditions of East and West. Constant efforts by researchers, naturalists, and clinically ...
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This chapter discusses various aspects that are shared by and various differences between the two medical traditions of East and West. Constant efforts by researchers, naturalists, and clinically practicing physicians in direct contact with patients has led to continuously better insights. The source of differences between the medical traditions in the East and West is the differences arising from religious and cultural distinctiveness. In China as in Europe, there have always been diverse groups subscribing to different ideas about the causes of illness and how to prevent or treat illness. It is assumed that the biological foundations of intelligence exist to the same extent in all civilizations. It is also assumed that the biological foundations of illness and health are almost identical everywhere. There is an evidence of minor differences such as in the endowment of enzymes in various populations that lead to variations in the tolerance of milk products or alcohol.Less
This chapter discusses various aspects that are shared by and various differences between the two medical traditions of East and West. Constant efforts by researchers, naturalists, and clinically practicing physicians in direct contact with patients has led to continuously better insights. The source of differences between the medical traditions in the East and West is the differences arising from religious and cultural distinctiveness. In China as in Europe, there have always been diverse groups subscribing to different ideas about the causes of illness and how to prevent or treat illness. It is assumed that the biological foundations of intelligence exist to the same extent in all civilizations. It is also assumed that the biological foundations of illness and health are almost identical everywhere. There is an evidence of minor differences such as in the endowment of enzymes in various populations that lead to variations in the tolerance of milk products or alcohol.
Ronald Niezen
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520235540
- eISBN:
- 9780520936690
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520235540.003.0002
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Global
The main objective of this chapter is to illustrate the way indigenous sovereignty was responded to differently by the international organizations of states at the beginning and at the end of the ...
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The main objective of this chapter is to illustrate the way indigenous sovereignty was responded to differently by the international organizations of states at the beginning and at the end of the twentieth century. This contrast of the two responses includes discussion not only of what motivated indigenous activism in the League of Nations and later the United Nations but also of how these forums have responded differently to indigenous appeals for recognition of their sovereignty, control of their territory, and preservation of their cultural distinctiveness. The change in responses to indigenism over the twentieth century and a summary of the global changes that have produced it highlight the recent emergence of new forms and exercises of indigenous internationalism.Less
The main objective of this chapter is to illustrate the way indigenous sovereignty was responded to differently by the international organizations of states at the beginning and at the end of the twentieth century. This contrast of the two responses includes discussion not only of what motivated indigenous activism in the League of Nations and later the United Nations but also of how these forums have responded differently to indigenous appeals for recognition of their sovereignty, control of their territory, and preservation of their cultural distinctiveness. The change in responses to indigenism over the twentieth century and a summary of the global changes that have produced it highlight the recent emergence of new forms and exercises of indigenous internationalism.
Sarah Foot and Chase F. Robinson (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780199236428
- eISBN:
- 9780191863349
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199236428.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
How was history written in Europe and Asia between 400–1400? How was the past understood in religious, social, and political terms? And in what ways does the diversity of historical writing in this ...
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How was history written in Europe and Asia between 400–1400? How was the past understood in religious, social, and political terms? And in what ways does the diversity of historical writing in this period mask underlying commonalities in narrating the past? The volume tackles these and other questions. Part I provides comprehensive overviews of the development of historical writing in societies that range from the Korean Peninsula to north-west Europe, which together highlight regional and cultural distinctiveness. Part II complements the first part by taking a thematic and comparative approach; it includes chapters on genre, warfare, and religion (amongst others) which address common concerns of historians working in this liminal period before the globalizing forces of the early modern world.Less
How was history written in Europe and Asia between 400–1400? How was the past understood in religious, social, and political terms? And in what ways does the diversity of historical writing in this period mask underlying commonalities in narrating the past? The volume tackles these and other questions. Part I provides comprehensive overviews of the development of historical writing in societies that range from the Korean Peninsula to north-west Europe, which together highlight regional and cultural distinctiveness. Part II complements the first part by taking a thematic and comparative approach; it includes chapters on genre, warfare, and religion (amongst others) which address common concerns of historians working in this liminal period before the globalizing forces of the early modern world.
Yoshimi Osawa
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- April 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190240400
- eISBN:
- 9780190240448
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190240400.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Asian History, Cultural History
This chapter addresses the concept of umami—the fifth “savory” taste recently recognized alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter—as a symbol of Japanese culinary, and thus cultural, distinctiveness. ...
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This chapter addresses the concept of umami—the fifth “savory” taste recently recognized alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter—as a symbol of Japanese culinary, and thus cultural, distinctiveness. It studies earlier usages of said term and its more recent promotion as a key element of Japan's culinary brand in state-sponsored pavilions at international food exhibitions and trade shows. The chapter also reveals the popular, nationalistic belief that the Japanese have a superior ability to discern this taste and contextualizes this belief in a larger discourse of national chauvinism that claims, among other things, that the Japanese sensitivity to aesthetic refinement exceeds that of other nations.Less
This chapter addresses the concept of umami—the fifth “savory” taste recently recognized alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter—as a symbol of Japanese culinary, and thus cultural, distinctiveness. It studies earlier usages of said term and its more recent promotion as a key element of Japan's culinary brand in state-sponsored pavilions at international food exhibitions and trade shows. The chapter also reveals the popular, nationalistic belief that the Japanese have a superior ability to discern this taste and contextualizes this belief in a larger discourse of national chauvinism that claims, among other things, that the Japanese sensitivity to aesthetic refinement exceeds that of other nations.
