Linking Thinking

A Convergence Of Civilizations

Adam Kirsch on the convergence of east and west: “…if the West has achieved things we hold sacred–as we should–it has always been the result of internal struggle. What are now the cherished principles of Western civilization, from democracy to racial equality, have all started out as critiques and became generally accepted only after long and sometimes violent conflict.”

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