Word: universalist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Where V.S. Naipaul is a universalist, drawing parallels among the people he sees, Shiva Naipaul is a defensive separatist. This sense of separation stems in part from the nature of a travelogue, which forces him to keep a distance from his subjects. For hi, sanity only exists in the industrialized West--i.e., England. The nightmare only begins when one boards the flight to Africa...
Human Rights-Rhetoric v.a Realtly--Joshua Rubenstein, New England coordinator, Amnesty International; John J. McAward, associate director, International programs, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; and Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law; 3 Church...
Nozick said Harvard is a "universalist institution," employing Jewish professors who want to make a contribution to Western intellectual culture. He said some professors formerly tried to conceal their Jewish origins, but "Jewish motivation would begin to bear on their work...
Both professors agreed that "particularism versus universalism" is a major issue facing American Jews today. Nozick said the universalist doctrine says one should "care about everybody equally," while a particularist doctrine allows one to care especially about one particular gorup...
...Frank A. Hall Murray Universalist Church Attleboro, Mass...