October 21, 2003
Nov 4: A Culture of Death: Anti-Globalization's Threat to Our Common Humanity
The Center for Ethics' Edward Queen, director of the Ethics and Servant Leadership program, will speak November 4 as part of the Center's series on religion and globalization:
Contrary to how its supporters present its positions, anti-globalization, rather than affirming a concern for human beings, presents on a practical level a profoundly disturbing and callous disregard for human suffering and, on a more philosophical level, a rejection of the idea of our common humanity. The rejection of the latter, rather than being an affirmation of others, becomes instead a distancing and a separation. To the extent that others differ from me, I can disregard any appeals they make for support and assistance that are based on shared values, hopes, and goals. We share nothing. To the extent to which the other appeals for my help based on claims of such shared realities, this reflects only their lack of authenticity and their "rootless cosmopolitanism." In this lecture, Edward Queen, examines the conceptual and factual weaknesses of anti-globalization forces and challenges individuals to struggle together for a way of thinking about the world and its future that incorporates a vision of a common humanity.
Queen will lecture November 4 at 7:30pm in Winship Ballroom in the Dobbs University Center (DUC) on "A Culture of Death: Anti-Globalization's Threat to Our Common Humanity." A reception and book signing will follow. Nearby parking is available in the B. Jones Lot and Peavine Deck. The event is free and open to the public, and no reservations are necessary. [ Posted by Chance Hunter at October 21, 2003 02:04 PM |
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As much as I am aware of the anti-globalisation movement, it centers around
fair trade. Are you talking about the same thing or do you have something else in mind when you talk about the anti-globalisation forces?
This Queen person is an utter charleton and anyone who is even remotely informed on the argument between GATT/NAFTA/WTO-style, so-called "free trade" and the incredibly diverse anti-globalism movement knows his thesis is utter nonsense propaganda in the service of corporate dysinformation.
I cannot believe Emory University would give a platform to such outrageous pro-multinational, greed-headed cant. We need only to tune into the nightly network news for all the distorted information on this topic that our corporate masters would have us hear.
Disgusted,
William Crutcher
Posted by: William Crutcher at October 23, 2003 06:05 PMFirst I couldn't believe that Emory would host somebody completely ignorant of the issues of anti-globalization movements, but I guess this guy
must be sponsored by somebody like Enron, Halliburton or Bechtel.
I encourage everybody to come who is concerned about unfair global trade, the devastating politics of the World Trade Organsiation, the IMF and world bank. We need to do some damage control and
at least protect the uninformed audience from guys like Queen, Drector of Ethics ????
First I couldn't believe that Emory would host somebody completely ignorant of the issues of anti-globalization movements, but I guess this guy
must be sponsored by somebody like Enron, Halliburton or Bechtel.
I encourage everybody to come who is concerned about unfair global trade, the devastating politics of the World Trade Organsiation, the IMF and world bank. We need to do some damage control and
at least protect the uninformed audience from guys like Queen, Drector of Ethics ????
What a load of bollocks. Is this the same group that sponsored Thomas Friedman's willfully ignorant lecture, in which he repeatedly attempted to extract some profundity from the concept of "webs, not walls"? If you with to engage in this sort "dialogue," at least drop the GOP titling shenanigans (a "Fresh Air Act" that guts every existing environmental protection, for intance) and rename yourselves the Center of Free Market Dogma or, even more precisely, the Center for Greed Advocacy. You're dragging "ethics" through the mud.
Brett Howe
Posted by: Brett Howe at November 4, 2003 03:16 AMThis was a completely disappointing program. First, by avoiding the topic of economics, Queen was unable to talk about the positive work of the anti-globalization movement. Instead, he indulged in conjecture, specious reasoning and name calling of the ugliest sort.
Whatever you may think of Noam Chomsky, and whatever he is, he is clearly not a Nazi. As one of the "points" of Queen's talk, this was not only poor argumentation, but borders on libel. There is not the space here to offer a point-by-point clarification and refutation of Queen's allegations, but I sincerely hope that the Ethics center will provide an honest speaker on the topic of globalization.
Again, I am profoundly disappointed in the Emory Ethics Center's choice of speakers.
Am I reading him correctly? (see promo announcement of the Nov 4 lecture by Edward Queen) Does he really equate those who question globalization of capital with "rootless cosmopolitans"?
What has Dr Queen been reading in his spare time? "Rootless cosmopolitan" is a coded phrase that means "the Jews". It was used by Stalin in the late 1940s and is still used today in the US (same meaning) by the extreme right-wing National Alliance.
I question 'globalization', a word that has been co-opted and mis-used by those who seem most interested in the free flow of capital around the world. These 'globalizers' want unlimited license to invest in areas where it can achieve maximal exploitation. I have developed my questioning attitude through reading, travel, and a life-long attempt to be a conscientious citizen of the world. I don't need Dr Queen to suggest that my recognition of capitalist greed is a reflection of my Jewish origins.
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