“It is a damning indictment of the shallowness of globalisation to date that we are much more versed in the world’s cuisines than we are with its philosophies. People are more familiar with an Indian korma than they are with the true meaning of karma.”
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We seem to be caught in a dilemma. We can’t just dismiss the unacceptable prejudices of the past as unimportant. But if we think that holding morally objectionable views disqualifies anyone from being considered a great thinker or a political leader, then there’s hardly anyone from history left.
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While the narratives we like tell tend to be more like Hollywood movies, reality looks more like the work of a Beckett or a Pinter. The more we tidy the tales we tell, the more they resemble works of fiction rather than truthful histories.
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HOW THE WORLD THINKS. Talking about my new book at University of Edinburgh Humanist Society at 19:00. Location is the most apt David Hume Tower (LG09).
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HOW THE WORLD THINKS. Talking about my new book at the Quarterhouse at 18:00.
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