Speaker: Abbas Bakhshandeh Bali
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Theology, University of Mazandaran, Iran
Topic: The way to free from the darkness of the contemporary world; Emphasizing the philosophical foundations of Suhrawardi
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Theology, University of Mazandaran, Iran
Topic: The way to free from the darkness of the contemporary world; Emphasizing the philosophical foundations of Suhrawardi
Abstract
Everyone understands we are not in a safe world today.
There is no doubt that the global geopolitical situation is changing in a fundamental way. And it seems to me personally that it is changing in a way that President Putin has described: We are at the end of the Anglo-Saxon hegemony. We are entering a multipolar world, but for now this multipolarity is extremely unstable and dangerous because different poles of the world do not engage in a meaningful, honest, and mutually respectful dialogue with each other.
I put the blame to a great extent on my own country, the United States, and I think we learned a lot of our bad habits from the United Kingdom, actually, which was a hegemonic power for around 150 years.
I would like to campaign for the opposite of the cancel culture. Personally, I speak Russian a little and love the Russian culture, and I also speak some Chinese and deeply respect the Chinese culture. This is extremely enriching – the knowledge and understanding of each other’s philosophical outlooks and cultural traditions. Therefore, I am sure that a dialogue of this kind is absolutely essential for where we stand today.
Everyone understands we are not in a safe world today.
There is no doubt that the global geopolitical situation is changing in a fundamental way. And it seems to me personally that it is changing in a way that President Putin has described: We are at the end of the Anglo-Saxon hegemony. We are entering a multipolar world, but for now this multipolarity is extremely unstable and dangerous because different poles of the world do not engage in a meaningful, honest, and mutually respectful dialogue with each other.
I put the blame to a great extent on my own country, the United States, and I think we learned a lot of our bad habits from the United Kingdom, actually, which was a hegemonic power for around 150 years.
I would like to campaign for the opposite of the cancel culture. Personally, I speak Russian a little and love the Russian culture, and I also speak some Chinese and deeply respect the Chinese culture. This is extremely enriching – the knowledge and understanding of each other’s philosophical outlooks and cultural traditions. Therefore, I am sure that a dialogue of this kind is absolutely essential for where we stand today.