National Policies of Cultural Recognition and the Asymptotes of Reason
It is the contention of this essay that these theorists ground their defense of liberal political culture in a belief that democratic forms of public reason move asymptotically towards some positively defined axis (whether truth, goodness, understanding, betterment).
A Discussion of National Policies of Cultural Recognition
Reading: Elizabeth Povinelli, UC Anthropology, "National Policies of Cultural Recognition and the Asymptotes of Reason"