Works · Series 2010 · 20 works

RACES • DOGMAS • RELIGIONS

RACES
In its simplest, biological sense, racism interprets “race” as a fundamental determining factor of human abilities and characteristics.
Racism is not directed merely at subjectively perceived characteristics of a group; rather, it calls into question that group’s equal status and, in extreme cases, even the right of others to exist. Regardless of origin, racism can affect any human being.

DOGMAS
Dogmas are formulated views concerning the reality of a specific field of human knowledge that are regarded as true. Their correspondence with reality is assumed without necessarily being based on experimental verification. When a dogma is formulated, such verification is considered either unnecessary or, in many cases, impossible. Since a dogma requires no further proof, isolated worlds of thought can emerge.

RELIGIONS
Religion—from the Latin religio, traced either to relegere, meaning “to read or consider repeatedly,” or to religare, meaning “to bind back”—refers to a wide variety of cultural phenomena that shape human behaviour, actions, thoughts and emotions, while exerting a normative influence on values. There is no universally accepted scientific definition of the term “religion.”