When would-be peacemakers insist the past is past and the only way to resolve the conflict is to look to the future and find a compromise solution to the competing claims, they underestimate the power of the narrative in determining identity and meaning.
Because there is no civil war, no epidemic, no oil and no Al Qaeda – just crippling poverty – this will continue to fly below the radar.
Cynicism, originally a philosophy in ancient Greece, is now the prevailing mood in Putinist Russia, and, Lev Gudkov believes, a uniquely destructive force.
Many Quebecers have advocated for interculturalism as opposed to multiculturalism, and Quebec espouses a distinctly French model of secularism.
Since the charter was announced, a group of Francophone academics released a manifesto for a “Quebec Inclusif” (Inclusive Quebec) opposing the PQ’s project and its two million dollar campaign, signed by more than twenty-one thousand people in the span of a week.
An Islamic bloc is indeed emerging, but more than an occulted project of Islamization, it is a process of activation of the material and moral resources of a conservative middle class summarily excluded until the 2011 revolution.
The Parthenon Marbles (or 'Elgin Marbles') were sculpted in Greece in 447–438 BC, and stolen from there by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century. They are kept in the British Museum. This is a speech recently given by Henry Porter, at an event calling for their return.
The development of culture-specific research measures takes time, but adding the dimension of human insecurity and distress to quality of life measures is a vital step.
How can we act in ways that contribute to the evolving fabric of life, rather than to its dissolution? By “thinking like a plant.”
