The Importance of Understanding Mr. Charles Taylor's Concept of Genuine Recognition THIS WAS MY PAPER ACCEPTED INTO THE INT'L DIVERSITY CONFERENCE

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The Importance of Understanding Mr. Charles Taylor’s Concept of “Genuine” Recognition for Different Human Cultures and Individuals.

The purpose of this essay, is to reveal the importance of understanding Mr. Charles Taylor’s concept of “genuine respect” in contemporary society. Before we can begin to understand the importance of this concept, we first must realize, that all individuals and cultures, in relationship to one another, are very different and distinct from one another. To surrender oneself to this first idea, that all human individuals and cultural groups are not the same, is the first step in understanding the importance of this concept of “genuine respect”. It is only after we are convinced, that all human beings and cultures have different idea’s of “the good”, that are not inferior to one another in status, that we can then proceed, to understand Mr. Charles Taylor’s concept of recognizing other human beings and cultures with a “genuine respect”. Now that we are convinced of this first idea, we can now go on to conceptualize the definition Mr. Charles Taylor gives to the word “respect”. To Mr. Charles Taylor, there are two types of “respect”. One is considered a “genuine respect”; while the other is a façade of “genuine respect”. The latter, is in direct opposition to the first. In this sense, Mr. Charles Taylor is distinguishing the first type of respect as being a beneficial type of respect in relationship to the latter. This second idea, that these two types of respect, are in direct opposition to each other, is the second crucial idea that we must believe in order to proceed any further in obtaining an understanding of the original concept of “genuine respect”. Now that we have accepted this second supposition, we can then go on to realize, that there are some people who actively want to obtain not only this concept of “genuine respect”, but also, that these same people would benefit from this obtaining this “genuine respect”. So let us go on to define what exactly the idea of “genuine respect” is now. To the people who want to obtain “genuine respect”, “genuine respect” to them means that they do not want to receive any respect in a patronizing sense, or even, in a sense because they are demanding respect.

• Added on: Feb 21st, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Jill Starr
• Listed in: Culture Political History
• Tags: Culture sociology cultural diversity charles taylor jill starr genuince recognition