Word: elitist
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...first major concern is one of subject matter. Western theologians have to a large extent been both provincial and elitist in outlook. Learning from the religions of the poor has not been a serious undertaking in recent theology. "Radical theologians" have not been conversant with Third World religious movements. Cox directs attention to the political radicalization of Buddhism in Southeast Asia and to the revolutionary movements among Catholic priests and laymen throughout Latin America. His indictment of the provinciality of contemporary white Western theologians is strong medicine: "Because we are part of the imposed culture we cannot understand...
...crucial to distinguish between free cultural exchange and its perversion, the abandonment of national culture spurred by Western-style urbanization and elitist education. Ho Chi Minh, for example, was educated in France, but his education broadened his understanding of his own culture. In essays such as "The Glories of French Civilization," Ho recognized the brutal effect French dominance had on his own people...
...pavement may wonder what he's doing down there, but to Sam it's all very clear. "I'm bringing art to the people instead of making them go to dusty old museums to see it," he says. "I'm taking painting out of the hands of the elitist art bureaucracy and putting it back where it belongs...
Four years ago, the CHUL appeared to be a welcome relief from the inept and self-serving Harvard Undergraduate Council. In its most recent decision, the CHUL has shown itself to be as elitist and undemocratic as any student government of the past. Whether as "private individuals" the members of CHUL favor ROTC is not in question. What is in question is whether undergraduates should have an effective means for raising their collective voice. At the moment, they clearly...
...MAJORITY opinion editorial on CHUL's refusal to sponsor a student referendum on ROTC voices its abhorrence of that decision in grandiose and self-righteous terms. It brands the committee as "shortsighted, dangerous and anti-democratic," "elitist" and "incredibly arrogant." In a devastating conclusion, it calls on students to vote out those CHUL members "who tried to decide on which matters students should be allowed to express their opinion...