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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
The WZB honors Peter Katzenstein for his outstanding contributions during his eight-year term as chairman of the WZB´s advisory board. Matthew Stephen, Juan Díez Medrano, and Tanja Börzel will discuss with Peter Katzenstein three trends he has analyzed in recent writings: In the 1990s, a dominant trend appeared to be the triumph of liberal universalism. Second, especially in the last decade, new powers in the former periphery of the world system are shifting the center of gravity away from its traditional North Atlantic heartland. This shift is accompanied by a noticeable regionalisation of many social and political processes. A final development concerns the interaction of distinct but interrelated civilisations. The dominance of English-speaking powers and its encounters with other civilisations arguably have shaped the modern world.
This roundtable will seek to elucidate some of the connections and disjunctions between some of these trends. Does liberal universalism take precedence over patterns of regionalisation, or are both processes subsumed by the interaction of historical world civilisations? Have civilisations imprinted themselves in liberal universalism – is it just a particular British history writ large through great power politics? What does the rise of new powers with other civilisational heritages imply?
Discussants:
Peter Katzenstein, Cornell University
Matthew Stephen, Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies
Tanja Börzel, Freie Universität Berlin
Juan Díez Medrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Moderated by Michael Zürn, WZB
The lecture is followed by a reception.
Information on participating / attending:
The WZB provides child care during the lecture. If you are interested, please respond by November 2, 2012, indicating the number of children and their age.
Date:
11/15/2012 16:00 - 11/15/2012 19:00
Registration deadline:
11/13/2012
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/17/2012
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event41379
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