There is much to discuss about the identity -and the identity crisis- of the Occidental culture and civilization, but the crisis at the foundation of all the others is one of cultural and spiritual identity. The way to address this…
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Europe of the 3 Regions. Towards a powerful new integration
The institutional forms adopted by the EU are based upon the implicit assumption that a common European identity would substitute for national forms of identity as a natural evolution. Although the European identity does exist, it does not allow for…
The Jewish Origin of Western Values
Judaism and Christianity differ in many ways, but they also share certain values. Some of those values have shaped Western civilization as we know it. We will focus on three values of Western society that originated in the Hebrew Bible…
In search of a Turkish identity: A persistent crisis
This paper aims to trace a hundred year of history of political crisis over the Turkish identity. Three main moments have been identified as shaping and reshaping the debate over identity. Firstly, the late Ottoman rulers were confronted with the…
Leadership concepts in the West
Ever since the Enlightenment, Western thinking has been dominated by rationalism. That rationality, and conceptual knowledge, are superior is so deeply ingrained in western thinking, that it is hard to conceive of experiencing the world and ourselves in it in…