Can There be Life without the Other?

Antonio Pinto Ribeiro

ISBN 10: 1847770460 / ISBN 13: 9781847770462

Published by Carcanet Press Ltd, GB, 2009

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In his opening address to the 2008 Gulbenkian conference Can There Be Life Without the Other?, the distinguished writer on cultural studies Arjun Appadurai summarises the challenge that faces us all: 'If we can agree that dialogue is always a risky affair, we can ask ourselves what risks are involved and why it is worthwhile, even compulsory, to take these risks today'. In a time of globalisation and social instability, finding a way to live with the 'Other' has never been a more urgent obligation. In the papers in this latest volume of the "Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation"'s conference series, thirteen authors explore the risks and the potential of communication between communities, faiths and cultures. Each writer brings to the subject a wealth of scholarship; their disciplines encompass the social sciences, literature, art, religion and psychology. Each brings, too, a global perspective, as a citizen of the diasporas of the twenty-first century. They offer a politics of hope to a world in crisis.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Can There be Life without the Other?
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847770460
• ISBN 13: 9781847770462
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Scholars and thinkers at the forefront of cultural debate bring global perspectives to bear on the issues for a peaceful, sustainable future in this dynamic volume of timely essays. The 13 papers included in this multidisciplinary collection span politics, anthropology, environmental studies, social psychology, and cultural studies. Exploring the risks that must be taken, and the possibilities that require imagination to create, the framework for a dialogue between peoples and a peaceful coexistence emerges as the contributors address how humans can learn to live with one another.

About the Author

António Pinto Ribeiro is a university lecturer, a consultant and curator, and a writer. He has written for several publications and is the author of The State of the World. He is the former artistic director for the Cultural Centre in Lisbon and is a consultant at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.