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Talal Asad
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“...Most of the collective problems that confront citizens (poverty, environmental degradation, war and terrorism, etc.) cannot be addressed locally.”
Talal Asad (born 1932) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now, over the last few decades, as the various global crises have been accumulating — climate change, the threat of nuclear war as well as the dangers of nuclear energy, the uncontrollability of the global financial system, and so on — we now hear people saying things like: “Look at what humanity has done.” Now suddenly the subject is “humanity,” whereas originally, Euro-Americans had claimed: “Look at the stunning achievements of the West.”
Talal Asad (born 1932) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview by Hasan Azad, The Islamic Monthly, October 21, 2015