Five Moral PiecesHarcourt, 2001 - 111 síður Embracing the web of multiculturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in today's world. What good, he asks in a talk delivered during the Gulf War, does war do in a world where the flow of goods, services, and information is unstoppable and the enemy is always behind the lines? What makes news today, who decides how it will be presented, and how does the way it is disseminated contribute to the widespread disillusionment with politics in general? In the most personal of the essays, Eco recalls experiencing liberation from fascism in Italy as a boy, and examines the various historical forms of fascism, always with an eye toward such ugly manifestations today. And finally, in an intensely personal open letter to an Italian cardinal, Eco reflects on a question underlying all the reflections in the book: What does it mean to be moral or ethical when one doesn't believe in God? Thoughtful and subtle as well as pragmatic and relevant, these essays present one of the world's most important thinkers at the height of his critical powers. |
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... Liberation of Eu- rope . It later appeared as “ Ur - Fascism " in The New York Review of Books ( 22 June 1995 ) and was trans- lated into Italian for the June - July 1995 number of La Rivista dei libri with the title " Totalitarismo ...
... Liberation of Eu- rope . It later appeared as “ Ur - Fascism " in The New York Review of Books ( 22 June 1995 ) and was trans- lated into Italian for the June - July 1995 number of La Rivista dei libri with the title " Totalitarismo ...
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... Liberation . " Migration , Tolerance , and the Intolerable " is a collage . The first section contains the first part of a talk given on 23 January 1997 on the opening of the conference organized by the city of Valencia re- garding ...
... Liberation . " Migration , Tolerance , and the Intolerable " is a collage . The first section contains the first part of a talk given on 23 January 1997 on the opening of the conference organized by the city of Valencia re- garding ...
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... liberation are never - ending tasks . Let this be our motto : " Do not forget . " And now I should like to close with a poem by Franco Fortini : On the parapet of the bridge The heads of hanged men In the water of the fountain The drool ...
... liberation are never - ending tasks . Let this be our motto : " Do not forget . " And now I should like to close with a poem by Franco Fortini : On the parapet of the bridge The heads of hanged men In the water of the fountain The drool ...
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Reflections on War | 1 |
When the Other Appears on the Scene | 19 |
Migration Tolerance and the Intolerable 89 | 89 |
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