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Europe on hold: Hollywood should boycott Austria (includes related articles)

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The uprising of Joerg Haider's neo-fascists in Austria has prompted a cry for an international boycott by intellectuals and artists. Refusing to distribute American films there for a month, for example, would illustrate that their racism and xenophobia will not be ignored.

Author: Costa-Gavras
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 2000
Austria, Political aspects, Elections, Haider, Jorg, Fascism, Hollywood, California

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A dialogue of cultures: Mindful science (includes related articles)

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The Dutch astrophysicist Piet Hut, from Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, discussed the links between human experience and science. Areas covered included objectivity, the ethnocentric nature of reality, unitarism, Taoism and the Kira Institute.

Author: Berlin Snell, Marilyn
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1999
Interview, Science, Philosophy of science, Reality, Taoism, Hut, Piet, Kira Institute

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A dialogue of cultures: The soul's East, reason's West (includes relates articles)

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The nature of truth is discussed in relation to dialogue or 'addressing', for example in art and religion. A comparison is made between the over-rational West and the serene and contemplative Orient.

Author: Khatami, Mohamad
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1999
History, Philosophy, Comparative, Comparative philosophy, Transcript, Conversation, Spirituality, East and West, East-West relations

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