The Song of the Two-Headed Bird
It is in these modes and methods of self-cultivation and their extension to wider levels of community and universe that we might find the historical sources of a new universalism.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
Cosmopolitanism—an ancient Greek concept meaning “being a citizen of the world”—would be the defining characteristic of a global identity. It would celebrate diversity between cultures while recognizing the deep interdependence that binds all people into a single moral community with a shared destiny.
Jeremy Lent • What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?
I return to the early days of the COVID-19 health crisis and the concurrent racial uprisings sparked by the murder of George Floyd. At that time, the world community of human beings were “all in this together.” Compassion was at an all-time high as we suffered alongside communities as diverse as Italy, Brazil, and grieving black moms in, say, Minne
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