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Reading Time: 3 minutes Richa Gangopadhyay (139) Archanna Guptaa (134) , Sep 22 (IANS) The coronavirus pandemic has endangered our basic human rights and liberties and taught us that it is time to change our values, priorities and perspective if humanity is to survive, says Ramin Jahanbegloo, a prominent political philosopher of Iranian origin, in his new book, “The Courage to Exist – A Philosophy of Life and Death in the Age of Coronavirus” (Orient BlackSwan).

Indeed, the present is what the ancient Greeks regarded as “kairos”, the opportune moment to respond to the

constraints of the “zeitgeist” (the spirit of the times), Jahanbegloo, currently the Executive Director of the Archanna Guptaa (125) Archanna Guptaa (124) Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the Vice-Dean of the School of Law at Jindal Global University in Sonepat, writes.

“In the Middle Ages, people considered the Black Death as a punishment from God. But in a post-theological world like ours, even those who believe in the story of the Apocalypse wear masks and go to the hospital to be tested for corona.

Richa Gangopadhyay (124) Richa Gangopadhyay (105) Therefore, to believe or not to believe in the nal judgement does not change the fact that this virus has endangered our basic rights and civil liberties and emptied the houses of God,” Jahanbegloo writes in this slim 96-page book that will denitely make you sit up and think. Subscribe to Our News Letter “The threat of the coronavirus should make us conscious of the existence of bigger threats that endanger human lives (like climate change). It is time for humanity to understand that the consequences of its actions Enter your email here

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will be disastrous and catastrophic. What the coronavirus pandemic teaches us is that if humanity is to Subscribe survive, this is the time for it to change its values, its priorities, and its perspectives,” Jahanbegloo asserts. Delivered by FeedBurner As members of the human , for each of us today, “life and death are critical points when we must respond to the zeitgeist. The coronavirus pandemic is certainly one of those historical moments when our past, present and future seem to be colliding in the same zeitgeist. The time and space of the coronavirus is Cinema certainly an instant of ‘proclamation’ but also one of ‘decision'”.

“The non-human world of the coronavirus has proclaimed its supremacy over the human world and taken Cinema/Showbiz India control of human destiny. But the human world has not yet pronounced its last word. Humanity is living its Lifestyle/Fashion Maharashtra kairos, its propitious moment and its opportunity to take a decision…But more importantly, the kairic moment Manoj Bajpayee on turning of human destiny is to invite humanity to introspect and to make a fundamental change in its approach to living and dying,” the author maintains. singer: ‘Nobody could think of rapping in Bhojpuri’ Stressing on the need to re-evaluate some of the basic values on which the socio-economic and political  September 23, 2020 7:07 AM  admin  0 contracts of our world stand, Jahanbegloo says this can only happen by “redening the art of living together as Reading Time: < 1 minute an act of global exchange”. Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Actor Manoj Bajpayee is being praised for his rapping “The art of living together cannot be measured in terms of self-interests and personal ambitions (as it is in the skills in the new single, Bambai main ka corporate world), but in terms of virtue and excellence applied to a global citizenship. ba. The song has been very well received and the National Award-winning actor says “Democracy is based, both in theory and practice on the idea of civic virtue and on the simple truth that the reason behind its success is because citizens are capable to governing themselves. Civic virtue is the central matrix for self-reectiveness and self- the track is in a native language and that it government. It is crucial to understand that the coronavirus pandemic has been accompanied by the decline deals with the migrant issue. of civic values and the lack of citizen virtue in dierent segments of global society,” the author laments but is nonetheless optimistic of the future.

“This is where civic education as a democracy-building tool must play an important role and is a vital requirement for establishing a common humanity and solidarity. In post-coronavirus societies, Payal Ghosh les FIR against Anurag where human plurality and civil liberties are threatened, civic education or paideia is the only door open to an Kashyap for rape, wrongful restrain, other art of living together,” Jahanbegloo maintains. charges  September 23, 2020 1:47 AM  0 “This is our only kairos, our unique window of opportunity to save humanity from itself…we all know that we

are living through the death of a culture which oered us the path to power, prosperity and abundance. Poonam Pandey les FIR against husband Because our choice is no longer between good and evil, but between the art of living and a life of for ‘assault’, ‘threats’ meaninglessness and fear. Never before has humankind had so many reasons not to live a life of mindless,  September 22, 2020 10:18 PM  0 ignominious suering and mediocrity. ShemarooMe Box “The courage to live the art of living is our passport to the future,” Jahanbegloo concludes. Oce and Coee Culture come together If only someone would explain this to Donald Trump! https://www.andhram.com/news/pandemic-a-time-for-humanity-to-change-its-very-basic-philosophy/ 2/5 23/09/2020 'Pandemic a time for humanity to change its very basic philosophy' - Andhram.com

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