The Global Political Discourse of Dialogue among Civilizations: Mohammad Khatami and Václav Havel

Petito, Fabio

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“…Civilizational dialogue as discourse and debate is considered a good response to Fukuyama's notion of the "end of history" and Huntington's idea of a "clash of civilizations" [3]. Here, we want to highlight the beautiful reflection of the great Iranian leader Mohammad Khatami: "Every dialogue, based on a presumption of the worth of the 'Other' provides grounds for human creativity to flourish" [4].…”

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An Islamic Perspective in Managing Religious Diversity

2015

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This paper examines the concept of "diversity" as mentioned in the Qur'an and how commonalities in diverse religions may be used as a model for civilizational dialogue towards achieving harmony. This study reveals that religious and cultural diversity are laws of nature which cannot be changed while the concept of "identity" is a contested issue in modern discourse. Results also show that peace may be established among diverse religions through their commonalities and the best way to exploit these commonalities and to reduce the religious divide is through civilizational dialogue. The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and other methods for changing the nature of religious differences and reaching a consensus-thus arriving at a peaceful co-existence-are also discussed. It was found that people are often misguided or divided in the name of religion and culture, despite the fact that the philosophy of every religion is based on peace and harmony.

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2015

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“…This perspective draws from, and can be situated in, wider political and social theoretical debates. Whether communitarian and religious critiques of liberal secular universalist norms and projects (Dallmayr 2002;Dallmayr and Manoochehri 2007;De Bary 1998;Michael and Petito 2009;Petito 2007;Weiming 2000), sociological critiques of singular and homogenizing modernization paradigms (Berger and Huntington 2003;Eisenstadt 2003), conservative skepticism of liberal utopianism and hubris (Huntington 1996), or post-colonial and non-Western critiques of Western economic, political and cultural imperialism (Esposito and Voll 2000;Hobson 2007Hobson , 2004Tsygankov 2008).…”

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“…It is further possible to point at the constructive role played, instead, by a wide range of normative proposals and initiatives for dialogue advanced by scholars and intellectuals, not simply as a reaction to Huntington, but as a legitimate autonomous alternative intellectual tradition of understanding world politics (Dallmayr 2002;Dallmayr and Manoochehri 2007;Esposito and Voll 2000;Forst and Ahmed 2005;Kayaoğlu 2012;Lynch 2000;Michael and Petito 2009;Petito 2011Petito , 2007. Here, the development of the UNAOC can be considered as "the latest phase in the evolving discussion of 'intercultural dialogue' at the UN-level" (Bloom 2013, 3), most prominently revitalized in the 1990s by former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (1997Khatami ( , 2000Khatami, van Ess, and Küng 2001) and his proposal to designate 2001 as the year of the Dialog among Civilizations.…”

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Games with time: Russian images of “another Europe”

Ionov¹

2019

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This working paper investigates the reasons underpinning the growing use and widespread resonance of the concept of 'civilizations'defined by cultural and religious markersin scholarly, policy and public discourses, since the end of the Cold War. Such an inquiry is made all the more relevant since the concept of civilizations has not only remained at the level of language. It has, in fact, become embedded, instantiated, and operationalized within the global governance architecture, most prominently with the creation of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in 2005. The UNAOC represents a remarkable development in the way international order is being understood and upheld within global governance institutions, as no longer solely dependent on states, or on the advancement of individual rights and economic opportunities, but also on what occurs between and within civilizations. Why have discourses and practices about civilizations acquired the political salience they have in international society at this historical juncture? This paper argues for an understanding of the concept of civilizations as a particular kind of 'empty signifier', underpinned by three overarching logics: a logic of interpretation centered on identity, a logic of critique towards liberal 'end of history' narratives and projects, and a logic of practicality that matches the interests of multiple state and nonstate actors. This argument is empirically illustrated through an analysis of how these three logics, which explain the contemporary power and authority of the signifier of civilizations, also structure the mission, bureaucratic apparatus, and operations of the UNAOC.

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“…Si veda, inotre HAVEL, 1998. 15 Il problema interessa diverse discipline (GHEMAWAT, 2007;SEN, 2006;PETITO, 2007;INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION, 1996).…”

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Chiesa Cattolica E Libertà Religiosa: L’eredità Di Dignitatis Humanae E Le Prospettive Attuali

Frizzi¹

2015

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RESUMO O autor aborda a questão da liberdade religiosa na Igreja Católica a partir das disposições do Concílio Vaticano II, na Declaração Dignitatis Humanae; delineando os elementos essenciais e inovadores da declaração do Concílio Vaticano II, o autor enfoca a relevância deste texto em um contexto em que, em muitos países, até mesmo o direito à liberdade religiosa vem sendo negado; diante desta situação , o autor insiste em que o ensino da Igreja Católica tem se movido na direção de condenação de todas as formas de intolerância na superação da ideia de tolerância religiosa.

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The Global Political Discourse of Dialogue among Civilizations: Mohammad Khatami and Václav Havel

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An Islamic Perspective in Managing Religious Diversity

An Islamic Perspective in Managing Religious Diversity

Games with time: Russian images of “another Europe”

Chiesa Cattolica E Libertà Religiosa: L’eredità Di Dignitatis Humanae E Le Prospettive Attuali

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