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"We tend to think of the problems of globalization and cultural identity as peculiar to our times. In fact they are rooted in ancient problems of civic belonging."
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Mark KingwellIt is only through a devoted attention to the details of objects and f — Mark Kingwell
"It is only through a devoted attention to the details of objects and faces in the modern urban scene, he argues, that the commodity fetish of capitalism can be effectively dispelled."
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Mark Kingwell
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Mark Gerald Kingwell is a Canadian philosopher, professor and former associate chair at the University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy. Kingwell is a fellow of Trinity College. He specialises in theories of politics and culture. He writes widely in both scholarly and mainstream venues, and addresses specific topics in social justice, discourse ethics, aesthetics, film theory, philosophy of a
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"Paradoxically, the problems of politics often arise not in the form of a problem of scarcity, but as one of abundance."
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"We dont know what the future will bring, but thats because we are ever in the process of creating it, not because it is an alien force to which we have to submit."
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"I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens."
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"Politics is rather the creation of the best possible polity out of the deep inner needs of its citizenry - who are only some of its members."
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"For every apparent gain, in short, we now observe a balancing danger. This is the world we have created."
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