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The false allure of women’s “progress”

by Avital Ronell

This article is taken from a speech entitled “The false allure of Woman’s Progress” delivered by Avital Ronell during the Conference on the Notion of Progress in the Diversity of World Cultures organized, in particular, by the United Nations in New (...)

A global dialogue of cultures

by Tu Weiming

Why should we care about ecology? Simply put, the viability of the human species is at stake. Is spiritual humanism a viable option to emerge from the current human condition, as a new way of thinking, a new cosmology, and indeed a new ethos? (...)

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