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Heading for Glasgow for the Aye Write Book Festival to join a panel with Dominic Moisi and Alex Perry on the future of globalisation.
Saturday 6th March
18:30 – 20:00
Current affairs/Journalism
£7/£6
Since 1989, corporations and governments have embraced the idea that everyone benefits through free markets and democratic governments. Yet many argue that globalisation is also the direct cause of war, disease and poverty. Time magazine’s Alex Perry has seen globalisation first-hand. In Falling off the Edge he argues the boom is about to go bang. BBC foreign correspondent, Humphrey Hawksley, in Democracy Kills, argues that democracy is not the right answer for all as attempts to install democracy through elections have produced high levels of corruption and violence. For Dominique Moïsi (French Institute of International Affairs) there is a ‘clash of emotions’ not a clash of civilisations. Europe and the US are dominated by a fear of the ‘other’ and the loss of national identity and purpose; Muslims and Arabs, civil and religious warfare and historic grievances have created a culture of humiliation developing into a culture of hatred; Asia, able to concentrate on building a better future, has become ‘the culture of hope’. Can understanding the emotions behind cultural differences offer a better view of the world and perhaps a more peaceful solution to the ignorance and differences that plague us?
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