Supreme Council of Culture
Cairo, 1 Gabaleia
str. El Gezira
(near Opera House), Egypt
March 4th, 5th and 6th
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Intellectuals and politicians from Europe, America,
as well as from Arab and Muslim countries, will meet
in Cairo for three days to discuss modalities and rules
for dialogue among different civilizations with the
intent of releasing confrontation from those reciprocal
distortions and stereotypes that go under the names
of “Orientalism” and “Occidentalism”.
Historians, philosophers, anthropologists and politicians
will hold discussions in order to find a common language
allowing the identification of areas of consensus concerning
the rejection of radicalism and violence, as well as
circumscribing dissent to its appropriate dimension.
Meeting sessions will be dedicated to specific issues:
- Rules for a fruitful dialogue;
- Use of the concept of democracy in relations between
different cultures;
- The media’s impact on global and intercultural
relations.
A historical session will be dedicated to reconstructing
the social and historical context that in the past made
possible a major transfer of culture through translations.
The initiative is promoted by the Association
Reset- Dialogues on Civilizations, created
thanks to an international promoting committee, presided
by Georg Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza,
Francesco Micheli, and the Italian
magazine Reset, edited by Giancarlo
Bosetti. The Association’s Scientific
Committee is presided by Giuliano Amato.
Among its members: Timothy Garton Ash, Anthony
Giddens, Avishai Margalit, Andrea Riccardi, Michael
Walzer and several distinguished members of
the Muslim culture such as Abdou Filali-Ansary,
Hassan Hanafi, Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd and
Bassam Tibi.
In addressing the subject: “Beyond Orientalism
and Occidentalism. Thinking Dialogue Among Civilizations”,
papers will be presented by Giuliano Amato, Former German
Minister of Interior Otto Schily, Antonio Badini, Fred
R. Dallmayr, Charles Burnett, Massimo Campanini, Dimitri
Gutas, Nina zu Fürstenberg, and Egyptian intellectuals
such as Gaber Asfour, Hassan Hanafi, Zeyneb el-Khodeyri,
Mahmoud Amin el Alem, Emad Abu Ghazi, and Mohamed Salmawi.
The international conference will be held in cooperation
with the Supreme Council of Culture of Egypt,
Cairo. We thank the Italian Embassy and the
Goethe Institut
in Cairo.
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For further information call +39 06 68407011 or email
resetmag@tin.it
reset.dialogues@reset.it
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