{"id":12416,"date":"2019-08-30T03:29:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T03:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=12416"},"modified":"2019-09-02T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T18:16:09","slug":"2019-09-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2019-09-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationalism in the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, followed by a discussion<\/strong><\/h3>\n

11 a.m., September 1, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nationalism seems to re-emerging in recent times with the rise of such politicians such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson in Great Brittan.<\/p>\n

This Sunday we will review a video presentation on this subject by Yuval Harari and discuss the ideas presented in it.<\/p>\n

Some things that might be discussed are:<\/p>\n

o How did Nationalism come to be started from early tribes?<\/p>\n

o Are Nations the right Framwork to meet Human Needs?<\/p>\n

o What other forms of Economic and Polical Structures Might be Needed?<\/p>\n

o Plus many more<\/p>\n

We will watch about 30 minutes of this Video, then open the floor up to discuss the ideas presented. The discussion will be led by Carl Angotti, a long time Humanist Member.<\/p>\n

VIDEO PRESENTER<\/p>\n

The presenter of this video is Prof. Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His books have been translated into 50+ languages, with 12+ million copies sold.<\/p>\n

Among is books are: ‘Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind’ (2014) looks deep into our past, ‘Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow’ (2016) considered far-future scenarios, and ’21 Lessons for the 21st Century’ (2018) zoomed in on the biggest questions of the present moment.<\/p>\n

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