Core Ideas and Tensions (AQA A-Level Politics): Flashcards

State encouraged separate lives, no shared vision

Social/cultural mixing creating fluid identities

Undermines common identity & shared values needed for stability

Identity formed through dialogue with significant others

Culture provides framework to frame, revise & pursue goals

Culturally embedded, see world from within their culture

State policies to protect & promote cultures

Deep diversity: free speech vs blasphemy clash

Cannot tolerate intolerant/oppressive values

Good in itself; no culture grasps full human richness