Van der Hoeven analyseert fundamentalisme

5 oktober 2006 | Minister Van der Hoeven heeft in Washington een rede gehouden over de onderscheiden betekenis en domeinen van religie, onderwijs en de overheid. "My perception of religion, education and the state, has been nourished and shaped by that tradition. A tradition in which organised Christianity, the education system and the state, slowly evolved from overlapping circles into systems with their own dynamics, rules and, in great measure, goals."

In haar speech sprak zij Francis Fukuyama aan op zijn recente analyse van het geestelijk klimaat in ons land en zei onder meer: "I think your recent analysis of the last years in The Netherlands is slightly painful, but adequate. The pendulum swung from political correctness (denial) to blaming and shaming a whole group in our society.