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SUMMARY:The causal structure of cultural domination - Tarun Menon (Azim Pr
 emji University)
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CONTACT:Jacob Stegenga
DESCRIPTION:Cultural domination\, while ostensibly a species of the genus 
 'domination'\, has features which apparently separate it from other forms 
 of domination. In particular\, it has often been claimed that cultural dom
 ination does not require the presence of an active dominating agent or gro
 up. An example of this non-agential domination is the 'colonisation of the
  mind' by an alien culture which is purported to persist in post-colonial 
 societies. I attempt to investigate the explanatory role that the concept 
 of 'cultural domination' may play in social science by identifying a causa
 l structure that is standardly considered characteristic of domination\, a
 nd describing conditions under which that structure can be found in archet
 ypical cases of cultural domination. It turns out that the presence of the
  relevant structure in particular cases depends on the notion of 'culture'
  one adopts. As a consequence\, different anthropological accounts of cult
 ure will differ on when one can describe a social system as instantiating 
 cultural domination.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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