Convivence : Beyond Cohabitation and Conviviality.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lanquar, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2024.

Summary:

Convivence is a new word in English. Its root comes from the Spanish word "Convivencia", emerging in the 12th century. During the year 2004, the French Academy included it in its Dictionary ("convivance"). It means a situation where different communities and human groups live together, maintaining neighborliness, harmony, and exchanging relations. The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May of each year, the International Day of Living Together in Peace, (or 'Convivence') "as a means of regularly mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity". This book explores the main issues and needs around convivence at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Our fragmented world is facing vast crises: climate change, migrations, growing inequalities, geopolitical clashes, a rise of nationalism, identity conflicts, and racism. The objective is to show that the pursuit of Convivence can be a driving ethical issue of tomorrow. Projected situations will be described in a series of scenarios, explaining what paths should be taken to make this aspiration for peace possible, for solidarity beyond coexistence and conviviality. This thought-provoking book will be of interest to researchers and students in Peace Studies, Sociology and International Relations, as well as those working in community issues in governments, NGOs and the private sector.

Contents:

Preface by Jacques Moreillon

Introduction

The Alliance of Civilizations

Living together in Peace

Introducing Convivence into UN Vocabulary

Cordoba, City-World

Convivence or Barbarism

Preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Chapter 1 Convivence: Myths and Reality

The Castilian Origin of Convivencia

Convivence and the Myth of Al-Andalus

The Cordoba Convivence Misinterpretation

The King of The Three Cultures

Ibn Arabi, the Bard of Convivence

A Traveler of Convivence: Benjamin of Tudela

The Role of History

The Cyrus Cylinder

Stoicism, Sobriety, and Solidarity

Convivence and Globalization

And the Woke Culture and the Global South?

For the 21st Century

Chapter 2 Convivence: Religions and Creeds

The Ten Commandments

Religious and Cultural Routes

The Abraham Path

The Spirit of Cordoba’s Manifesto

Food and Meal Sharing

Jewish Creeds

The Jewish Diaspora

European Cemeteries Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781804417027

1804417025

OCLC:

1455115282