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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/global-outlook-2018-the-return-of
 -tribes-130">Global Outlook 2018: The Return of Tribes</a>\nHome Speakers 
 Programme Information Venue Fees Documentation Partner Technology\, Nation
 alism and the Social Divide Photo: Bob Wick\, BLM California Nation states
  are divided\, the EU is under fire and ideological fringe groups are gain
 ing in influence across the world. Instead of dialogue\, opposing parties
 ’ wars of belief now dominate politics. What matters is belonging\, rath
 er than facts. We are experiencing the return of premodern tribal thinking
 . At the heart of this tribal attitude lie struggle and survival in a host
 ile environment. Forty years ago\, the visionary media theorist Marshall M
 cLuhan said\, ‘The tribal world is not friendly. One of tribal people’
 s main kinds of sport is butchering each other.’ The new tribes of like-
 minded individuals offer a sense of belonging. Identity arises through exc
 lusion: us against them. The goal is interruption and destruction – with
 out future perspectives and without history. Today is what counts. And the
  social media that should be bringing us together is in fact intensifying 
 the formation of tribes. The peaceful world has passed its peak. What are 
 the new major tribes and who are their chiefs? Uprooted global elites vers
 us local populations: who’s winning? Are we returning to an archaic prem
 odern state? Is moderate nationalism the only alternative to tribal Darwin
 ism? Will the things that divide us soon become more significant than the 
 things that unite us? Speakers David Goodhart Great Britain Journalist\, a
 uthor and head of the demography unit at the Policy Exchange think tank. F
 ounder and former editor of "Prospect magazine" and former director of the
  centre-left think tank “Demos“. His book “The British Dream” was 
 runner up for the Orwell book prize. His new book “The Road to Somewhere
 ” explains the Brexit vote and the rise of populism. Peter Sloterdijk Ge
 rmany Influential German philosopher\, cultural scientist and [...]
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 üschlikon\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Global Outlook 2018: The Return of Tribes
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/global-outlook-2
 018-the-return-of-tribes-130">Global Outlook 2018: The Return of Tribes</a
 >\nHome Speakers Programme Information Venue Fees Documentation Partner Te
 chnology\, Nationalism and the Social Divide Photo: Bob Wick\, BLM Califor
 nia Nation states are divided\, the EU is under fire and ideological fring
 e groups are gaining in influence across the world. Instead of dialogue\, 
 opposing parties’ wars of belief now dominate politics. What matters is 
 belonging\, rather than facts. We are experiencing the return of premodern
  tribal thinking. At the heart of this tribal attitude lie struggle and su
 rvival in a hostile environment. Forty years ago\, the visionary media the
 orist Marshall McLuhan said\, ‘The tribal world is not friendly. One of 
 tribal people’s main kinds of sport is butchering each other.’ The new
  tribes of like-minded individuals offer a sense of belonging. Identity ar
 ises through exclusion: us against them. The goal is interruption and dest
 ruction – without future perspectives and without history. Today is what
  counts. And the social media that should be bringing us together is in fa
 ct intensifying the formation of tribes. The peaceful world has passed its
  peak. What are the new major tribes and who are their chiefs? Uprooted gl
 obal elites versus local populations: who’s winning? Are we returning to
  an archaic premodern state? Is moderate nationalism the only alternative 
 to tribal Darwinism? Will the things that divide us soon become more signi
 ficant than the things that unite us? Speakers David Goodhart Great Britai
 n Journalist\, author and head of the demography unit at the Policy Exchan
 ge think tank. Founder and former editor of "Prospect magazine" and former
  director of the centre-left think tank “Demos“. His book “The Briti
 sh Dream” was runner up for the Orwell book prize. His new book “The R
 oad to Somewhere” explains the Brexit vote and the rise of populism. Pet
 er Sloterdijk Germany Influential German philosopher\, cultural scientist 
 and [...]
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