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Genocide and community violence, the loss of ethical landmarks and
social "order," lack of confidence in the viability of the
prevailing system and economic forces: the 20th century has
painfully challenged all our certainties concerning society,
history, and humankind. This volume offers reflections on the
likely nature of the values of the 21st century and addresses
questions such as whether aesthetics will prevail over ethics,
whether the third industrial revolution and its forms of
globalization will shatter culture as we know it, hasten the
decline of thousands of languages, or give rise to new forms of
racism or "genism." This volume, the second anthology originating
from UNESCO's "Twenty-first Century Dialogues," brings together
about fifty scientists and researchers from the four corners of the
world to ponder the future of values and humanity. Contributors
include: Arjun Appadurai, Jean Baudrillard, Peter Sloterdikjk, Paul
Ricoeur, Julia Kristeva, Paul Kennedy, Jacques Derrida, Jacques
Delors, Edward O. Wilson, Nadine Gordimer, Achille Mbembe, Adalbert
Barreto, Trinh Xuan Thuan.
The current world situation is fraught with potential future
conflicts and calls for global responses. The point needs to be
made yet again that sustainable development concerns us all and is
a vital prerequisite for effectively combating poverty, since it is
the poorest individuals that are most affected by drought and other
natural catastrophes looming over the planet. Today, though, we
understand that our war on nature is a world war...As part of the
current reform of the United Nations system, a wide-ranging debate
has now begun concerning the governance of the environment at a
world-wide level and the need for better coordination of
everybody's efforts. [from the Preface] Unesco is actively involved
in the debate as reflected in this volume that outlines some of the
fundamental themes outlined here by prominent thinkers and offered
as a forum for discussion.
Genocide and community violence, the loss of ethical landmarks and
social "order," lack of confidence in the viability of the
prevailing system and economic forces: the 20th century has
painfully challenged all our certainties concerning society,
history, and humankind. This volume offers reflections on the
likely nature of the values of the 21st century and addresses
questions such as whether aesthetics will prevail over ethics,
whether the third industrial revolution and its forms of
globalization will shatter culture as we know it, hasten the
decline of thousands of languages, or give rise to new forms of
racism or "genism." This volume, the second anthology originating
from UNESCO's "Twenty-first Century Dialogues," brings together
about fifty scientists and researchers from the four corners of the
world to ponder the future of values and humanity. Contributors
include: Arjun Appadurai, Jean Baudrillard, Peter Sloterdikjk, Paul
Ricoeur, Julia Kristeva, Paul Kennedy, Jacques Derrida, Jacques
Delors, Edward O. Wilson, Nadine Gordimer, Achille Mbembe, Adalbert
Barreto, Trinh Xuan Thuan.
Are we prepared for the 21st century? There is room for doubt. The
future seems increasingly uncertain, hard to decipher, ambiguous in
its very indeterminism, sometime frankly illegible. If it is
impossible to predict the future, one can at least help to shape
it. To respond in a timely manner to the challenges of the 21st
century, one must start by posing the right questions so as to
identify possible solutions, if any, before it is too late. This is
precisely the role of future-oriented studies and forward thinking
as represented in this volume. Originating as it does in a UNESCO
series of encounters and exchanges between scientists,
intellectuals, artists, decision-makers, and leading personalities
from public life, it offers a forum for an open debate, in the
spirit of a new ethic of discussion, on a wide range of problems,
challenges and solutions from a variety of perspectives. In short
what this volume strives to achieve is to contribute to an ethic of
the future.
Are we prepared for the 21st century? There is room for doubt. The
future seems increasingly uncertain, hard to decipher, ambiguous in
its very indeterminism, sometime frankly illegible. If it is
impossible to predict the future, one can at least help to shape
it. To respond in a timely manner to the challenges of the 21st
century, one must start by posing the right questions so as to
identify possible solutions, if any, before it is too late. This is
precisely the role of future-oriented studies and forward thinking
as represented in this volume. Originating as it does in a UNESCO
series of encounters and exchanges between scientists,
intellectuals, artists, decision-makers, and leading personalities
from public life, it offers a forum for an open debate, in the
spirit of a new ethic of discussion, on a wide range of problems,
challenges and solutions from a variety of perspectives. In short
what this volume strives to achieve is to contribute to an ethic of
the future.
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