Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century |
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| Authors: | RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI |
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| Institution: | the famed literary journalist and member of;NPQ's advisory board, is author of such works as Shah of Shahs and The Emperor. The following is based on the opening lecture to the summer session at Jagiellonian University, in Krakow. |
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| Abstract: | In this section, NPQ takes a look at the history of relations with the Other and how that has changed with globalization. Ryszard Kapuscinski writes of the moral imperative of embracing the Other. Tariq Ramadan speaks urgently of the Muslim Other in Europe. Taking the New Orleans calamity as a point of departure, Richard Sennett reminds us that stupidity for the Greeks meant ignorance of the Other. |
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