Prominent Greek academics Dimitris Christopoulos and Kostis Karpozilos are giving a lecture in Sydney on ‘Human Rights in the Age of Inequality: Xenophobia, Exclusion and the Myth of the Strong Leader’.
It is a common assumption that we have globally entered an era of exacerbation of social inequalities in an unforeseen manner, at least for the Western World after WWII.
Social policies of wealth redistribution are considered outdated and responsible for major competitiveness deficit of developed economies. Within such circumstances, democracies are morally discredited and seem politically exhausted.
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Rule of law and human rights are often perceived as an unreasonable luxe, even more, as a threat for the state security.
Xenophobia, racism and the far-right re-emerge, relieved from the 20th century guilt, whereas the discourse of the “strong leaders” becomes more and more authoritarian: from Russia to Brazil, and Turkey to the United States, institutions have lost legitimacy. What can be a plausible strategy of reversal?
Hosted by the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW, Christopoulos and Karpozilos will seek to answer that question and many more.
LECTURE DETAILS
When: Sunday 29 September at 5.00 pm
Where: Greek Community Club (206-210 Lakemba St, Lakemba)
Admission: Free
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