The refugee crisis, though long in the news, has suddenly captured the world's attention. But what are the underlying causes, and what should individuals and governments do to help? Ali Smith, Mary Beard, Orhan Pamuk and Pankaj Mishra and others give their view "History," Emil Cioran once wrote, "is irony on the move." It speeded up dramatically last week as Germany emerged as the moral conscience of Europe 70 years after the defeat of nazism. Its vanquishers then have now been reduced to descri...
The turmoil of today's world: leading writers respond to the refugee crisis
The Guardian - 12 Sep 2015 09:00
The refugee crisis, though long in the news, has suddenly captured the world's attention. But what are the underlying causes, and what should individuals and governments do to help? Ali Smith, Mary Beard, Orhan Pamuk and Pankaj Mishra and others give their view "History," Emil Cioran once wrote, "is irony on the move." It speeded up dramatically last week as Germany emerged as the moral conscience of Europe 70 years after the defeat of nazism. Its vanquishers then have now been reduced to descri...
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