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The role of diasporas in world peace.

Publication: International Journal on World Peace
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The role of diasporas in world peace.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Globalization of the world's economy and the migrations of people for political and economic reasons has caused a collision of cultures within nearly every country. While vast empires have historically been more pluralistic as they contain migrations of cultural groups from one part of an empire to another, twenty-first century migrations are impacting even the most homogeneous states.

German philosopher Karl Jaspers pioneered the idea of an "Axial Age" that occurred between 800 to 200 B.C.E., when the foundations that underlie current major civilizational spheres came into being:

Extraordinary events are crowded into this period. In China lived Confucius and Lao Tse, all the trends in Chinese philosophy arose... In India it was the age of the Upanishads and of Buddha; as in China, all philosophical trends, including skepticism and materialism, sophistry and nihilism, were developed. In Iran Zarathustra put forward his challenging conception of the cosmic process...

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