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Modern efforts to locate universalisms in secular ethical tenets –such as Kantian moral universalism, communism or modernization theory – are in apparent retreat, precisely at a time when nationalism has succumbed to capitalist forms of universal commodification.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
Identity is defined by conflicts and dilemmas more than by agreement.
Yuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Geopolitics
Josephine Jeffery • 1 card
No institution can fully manifest human equality.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
Liberalism
Sarah Drinkwater • 1 card
constant entanglement under the guise of management cannot be sustained.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's discord, the coming crisis of the 2020s, and the triumph beyond
In a world of scarce resources, globalization without new technology is unsustainable.