Only a radical knowledge, like philosophy, can provoke an equally radical change. Sure, not all philosophy is equal, and not all philosophers are interested in a transformation as stated by Marx. But the bottom line is the kind of philosophy that you are professing. Claudio Chipana In an […]
Critical Dialogues
Critical Dialogues
What kind of Europe do we want?
Some talk about the risk of Islamisation of the continent and the danger that a Muslim presence poses for Western society. Others see immigration as an emerging threat. Claudio Chipana* According to British historian, Eric Hobsbawm, Europe had a short 20th Century, starting with the First World War […]
Refugees and borders
This text is written when domestic and international pressure seems to be weakening the UK conservative government’s hard position towards refugees as in recent hours information has emerged about an announcement that Cameron might give soon. Mabel Encinas Up to recently, the only humanitarian ‘urgency’ for the conservative […]
The crossroads of a Latin American immigrant
The electoral gains of UKIP with its anti-immigrant discourse and ability to charge the domestic agenda and front pages with the need to cut immigrant rights, do not suggest a very promising outlook.. But under no circumstances does an immigrant abandon their ethnic and cultural roots. Claudio Chipana* […]
The millennial Peru at the British Museum
Museums are spaces and intercultural meeting places where ethnic communities have a role to play. Claudio Chipana It is estimated that within the British Museum, founded in 1753 by the “curious” and the “studious”, there are around 8 million objects, however, only 70 to 80 thousand objects […]