नागरिकों के सामने आने वाली अधिकांश सामूहिक समस्याओं (गरीबी, पर्यावरण का ह्रास, युद्ध और आतंकवाद आदि) का समाधान स्थानीय स्तर पर नहीं किया जा सकता
Most of the collective problems that confront citizens (poverty, environmental degradation, war and terrorism, etc.) cannot be addressed locally
Most of the collective problems that confront citizens (poverty, environmental degradation, war and terrorism, etc.) cannot be addressed locally
अब, पिछले कुछ दशकों में जैसे-जैसे विभिन्न वैश्विक संकट गहराते गए हैं—जलवायु परिवर्तन, परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा और परमाणु ऊर्जा के खतरे, वैश्विक वित्तीय प्रणाली की अनियंत्रित स्थिति, और इसी तरह की अन्य बातें—अब हम लोगों को यह कहते हुए सुनते हैं: “ज़रा देखिए कि इंसानियत ने क्या कर दिखाया है।” अब अचानक से चर्चा का विषय “मानवता” बन गया है, जबकि मूल रूप से यूरो-американ यह दावा किया करते थे: “ज़रा पश्चिम की शानदार उपलब्धियों को देखिए।”
Now, over the last few decades, as the various global crises have been accumulating — climate change, the threat of nuclear war as well as the dangers of nuclear energy, the uncontrollability of the global financial system, and so on — we now hear people saying things like: “Look at what humanity has done.” Now suddenly the subject is “humanity,” whereas originally, Euro-Americans had claimed: “Look at the stunning achievements of the West.”
Now, over the last few decades, as the various global crises have been accumulating — climate change, the threat of nuclear war as well as the dangers of nuclear energy, the uncontrollability of the global financial system, and so on — we now hear people saying things like: “Look at what humanity has done.” Now suddenly the subject is “humanity,” whereas originally, Euro-Americans had claimed: “Look at the stunning achievements of the West.”
* हसन आज़ाद द्वारा लिया गया साक्षात्कार, द इस्लामिक मंथली, 21 अक्टूबर 2015]
* Interview by Hasan Azad, The Islamic Monthly, October 21, 2015]
* Interview by Hasan Azad, The Islamic Monthly, October 21, 2015]