Publication: Breve reflexión sobre las ideas de civilización, cultura y religión pseudoteorías del miedo y bases para el diálogo en la sociedad internacional
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2007-05
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Universidad Complutense: Unidad de Investigación sobre Seguridad y Cooperación Internacional (UNISCI)
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Este artículo consiste en una serie de reflexiones acerca de las cambiantes ideas de civilización, cultura y religión. La propia idea de civilización fue largo tiempo utilizada por los juristas internacionales como un constructo ideológico que legitimaba la conquista y subyugación de pueblos “bárbaros” y “salvajes”. Sólo en raras ocasiones, la “civilización” ha sido estudiada y no instrumentalizada, como es el caso de N. Elias, quien describe un proceso incompleto e histórico de control de la violencia. Desde una pespectiva dialógica, se resaltan las posibilidades de paz y entendimiento presentes en algunas visiones del mundo que toda civilización contiene.
This article is a series of reflections on the changing ideas of civilization, culture and religion. The very idea of civilization was long time used by international jurists as an ideological construct to justify the conquest and enslavement of “barbarian” and “savage” peoples. Only on rare occasions, “civilization” has been analyzed and not merely “used”, following scientific criteria. This is the case of N. Elias who describes a historical process although incomplete of violence contention. From a perspective based on dialogue, I stress the potential for peace and understanding present in some world visions every civilization carries within.
This article is a series of reflections on the changing ideas of civilization, culture and religion. The very idea of civilization was long time used by international jurists as an ideological construct to justify the conquest and enslavement of “barbarian” and “savage” peoples. Only on rare occasions, “civilization” has been analyzed and not merely “used”, following scientific criteria. This is the case of N. Elias who describes a historical process although incomplete of violence contention. From a perspective based on dialogue, I stress the potential for peace and understanding present in some world visions every civilization carries within.