A Philosopher's Vision of Fundamentalism - New York Times

A Philosopher's Vision of Fundamentalism - New York Times: "Mr. Appiah also argues that cosmopolitanism is far different from the universalism of Islamic fundamentalism, which he calls a 'malign universalism.' In fact, universalism, he suggests, has often led into dark and unsavory realms, even in the Age of Enlightenment: he cites Edmund Burke's chastisement of Rousseau, for example, whose five children were summarily tossed into orphanages: 'A lover of his kind, but a hater of his kindred.' There are dangers in universalism and dangers too in its sweeping claims, perhaps as many as there are in the kind of narrow allegiance to kith and kin that Mr. Appiah also criticizes. "