What shapes the way in which we imagine our world?

Authors

Knowledge@SMU

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

11-2009

Abstract

Despite national, religious or ideological differences, there are several key points in the recent history of mankind that have influenced the ways in which we see the world today. And while no two perspectives can be exactly the same, Xiang Biao, an academic fellow at the University of Oxford, believes that all "global imaginations" are bounded together by three common threads: the "earthy", "funky" and "wordy". For one, "earthy" issues such as global warming, forms one of the few but key universal concerns that almost every political leader can agree upon - in one way or another. Such global issues have also formed the basis for "funky" social mobilisation and generated a slew of "wordy" writings and analyses from academics and commentators, he said at a recent lecture.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright Owner and Holder

Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012

Licece/Creative Commons Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Article ID

1257

Subject(s)

Business Ethics

Citation

Knowledge@SMU. What shapes the way in which we imagine our world?. (2009).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/21