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Jeremy Lent • What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?
I offer a working definition of cosmopolitanism. It is the idea that all humans belong non-exclusively to a single community. Thus, while this sense of belonging may be shared with other communities of identity, such as the locality, nation or religion, the cosmopolitan community must be able to share sovereignty with any of these other communities
... See morePrasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
The rest of the world can learn from the European example. Even on a united planet there will be plenty of room for the kind of patriotism that celebrates the uniqueness of my nation and stresses my special obligations toward it. Yet if we want to survive and flourish, humankind has little choice but to complement such local loyalties with substant
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Ne vivant en sédentaire dans aucun pays, citoyen de tous, ce premier Européen, ce premier cosmopolite conscient ne reconnaissait aucune prépondérance d'une nation sur une autre, et comme il s'était imposé de ne juger les peuples que d'après leurs esprits les plus nobles et les plus cultivés, d'après leur élite, tous lui semblaient également dignes
... See moreAlzir Hella • Érasme: Grandeur et décadence d'une idée (French Edition)
A patriot may be an exile in another country; but he will not be a patriot of another country. He will be as cheerful as he can in an abnormal position; he may or may not sing his country’s songs in a strange land; but he will not sing the strange songs as his own.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
Un individu peut avoir une identité multiple et complexe, se sentir en même temps Breton, Français, Européen, humain, Franco-Portugais, Franco-Éthiopien… Il tire sa liberté de sa capacité à jongler entre ses diverses appartenances. De même, un citoyen exerce sa souveraineté à différents niveaux. Il participe au gouvernement de sa commune, de sa rég
... See moreRaphael Glucksmann • Les Enfants du vide - De l'impasse individualiste au réveil citoyen (French Edition)
