- Written by Outlookindia.com
- Published on 17 May 2012
Noam Chomsky
An Arcticle by Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, published at Outlookindia.com on May 10, 2012
So the world is now indeed splitting into a plutonomy and a precariat — in the imagery of the Occupy movement, the 1% and the 99%. Not literal numbers, but the right picture. Now, the plutonomy is where the action is and it could continue like this.
- Written by WPF Dialogue of Civilizations
- Published on 16 May 2012
Vladimir Yakunin
Opening address by Founding President of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations" Vladimir Yakunin at the opening of the Plenary Meeting of the 9th Annual Session of the Rhodes Forum, October 7, 2011
Only real involvement in the life processes of the whole world allows us to ensure appropriate perception and response to the challenges of the modern age, to conscientiously create scenarios and prerequisites for the future beyond the boundaries of one’s own identity, and, most importantly, to sustain the diversity of humankind.
- Written by U.S.News & World Report
- Published on 15 May 2012
Joseph Stiglitz
An Interview with Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, published at U.S.News & World Report on September 10, 2006
Not only is the world not flat, but also there is growing inequality around the world, and there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor. The world is becoming less flat as that inequity grows. One way to think about globalization is simply the lowering of transport and communications costs. As we become more interdependent we need to solve together a whole host of problems. If the world is going to do it, we should do so in a way that reflects our fundamental values: democracy, fairness, respect for the individual, concern for the poor.
- Written by Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies
- Published on 14 May 2012
Walter Mignolo
The second part of Interview with Walter Mignolo, William H. Wannamaker Professor and Director, Center for Global studies and the Humanities, Duke University (Interviewed by Christopher Mattison), published by Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies of City University of Hong Kong on April 19, 2012
...the concept of the communal requires, like many other concepts, to be clearly defined so that it is not confused with and appropriated by what is known as Western ideas of “the common good" or "the common wealth” and of the “commons”: The first is liberal, the second Marxist. The communal is neither liberal nor Marxist, but decolonial. The communal is a way to advance one of the legacies of the Bandung Conference: neither capitalism nor communism, but decoloniality.
- Written by WPF Dialogue of Civilizations
- Published on 11 May 2012
Ernest Kochetov
An Article by Ernest Kochetov, Doctor of Economics, President, Public academy of geoeconomical and global studies sciences (Russia)
The article presents the essence, content and the main points of the developed by the author new humanitarian global concept of the world order. This concept is unique because it is based on geoeconomic scientific paradigm of global development, and the author is one of its creators. One of the fundamental questions of the modern world is posed: the role and the place of the dialogue in the destinies of the mankind and the world during the epoch of global world transformation.
