| The problem is that the particularism of friendship is at odds with modern conceptions of virtue as disinterestedness and detachment. |
| This means that any critique of liberalism is self-contradictory if it promotes particularism as an alternative. |
| Howard's admirable insistence on historical particularism and multicultural inclusion raises another set of questions. |
| To separate nationalism from regionalism or particularism is difficult and often depends upon the eye of the observer. |
| This sort of tolerant encouragement of local particularism was undermined, however, by a powerful statist dimension in imperial attitudes. |
| Identity politics, particularism, and localism against the uniformity of abstract universalism are common features of the postmodern condition. |
