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The
present global situation
In the past, cultures distributed in separated geographical zones
did not touch each other as much as today. Today one hegemonic culture
is imposing its views, thinking, way of life and economic system
all around the world. This quick process of globalisation is one
of clash and generates friction, many cultural codes clash and many
new values as well as old traditions are invalid or useless. Nonetheless
todays world is moving towards a new civilisation to emerge,
the one of a universal human nation for the first time in human
history and the prior step to built it is a process of regional
dialogue.
Cultural phenomena are at the base of human societies; these are
codes rooted in the collective consciousness, the ideals of happiness,
and spirituality. Today, what is weighing is the culture of the
region. Culture and regionalisation go hand in hand; to refer to
regions is to refer to cultures. The conservative mentality will
have a problem with the intense differentiations that come before
the complementation of planetarisation. The new generations may
be the more able to bridge the gap.
On the other hand, over decades a generational abyss is observed.
The generational dialectic has stopped in the last 30 years. There
is no dialogue between generations, neither dialectic. Generations
are so separated that they are like different cultures and they
expect to be treated as such. Recently, new bridges, links are attempted
to be built between them. Let us promote interchange among them,
let there be rubbing and friction! It is necessary to build bridges
to reactivate the dialectic.
At a personal level, in all regions we observe lot of disintegration
between people and people aspire for strong and clear references.
The humanists all over the world are working to create a new reference
for a world more human, peaceful and tolerant where living together
becomes possible.
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