In this tenth conversation in the Global Religious and Secular Dynamics Discussion Series, Seligman will join Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova to discuss such themes as civil society, trust, authority, collective belonging and the challenges posed by individualism and modern human rights discourse to any shared idea of a substantive public good. Weaving together theory and practice, the two scholars will also discuss Seligman’s role as director of CEDAR, which leads workshops every year on how to live with difference in a divided world.
If it takes “Ethos” to show the extent to which Turkey’s myriad social, cultural and religious fissures go right through the familial hearth, then so be it – writes Evan Pheiffer