Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2020
Embargo Period
12-12-2021
Publication Title
Ethics, Left and Right: The Moral Issues That Divide Us
Abstract
In this chapter Demetriou sketches a rightist approach to monumentary policy in a diverse polity beleaguered by old ethnic grievances. He begins by noting the importance of tribalism, memorialization, and social trust. He then suggests a policy which 1) gradually narrows the gap between peoples in the heritage landscape, 2) conserves all but the most offensive of the least beloved racist monuments, 3) avoids recrimination (i.e., “keeps it positive”) and eschews ideological commentary in new monuments or revisions to old ones, 4) as much as politically feasible, recognizes only the offense of willing tribemates, and 5) responds to aesthetic and other “irrational” offenses more than to “objective” historical or philosophical critiques.
First Page
523
Last Page
545
Recommended Citation
Demetriou, Dan. "Ashes of Our Fathers: Racist Monuments and the Tribal Right." In Ethics, Left and Right: The Moral Issues That Divide Us, edited by Bob Fischer, 523-545. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Primo Type
Book Chapter
Comments
This is a chapter (pages 523-545) published by Oxford University Press in the book Ethics, Left and Right: The Moral Issues That Divide Us edited by Bob Fischer, 2020, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press.