Ode to Alterity [Greek]

By Dr Maria Karastergiou

In the traditional, monocultural societies the motif of death and rebirth appears: death of an era, a monocultural norm, a homogeneous society, and rebirth of a new conception of the human condition, a heterogeneous, intercultural one... A world where travel, the globalised market, the influence of digital culture, ... in synergy with the improvised daily lives of heteroclite people around the globe, who deviating from ordinary forms of relating create a new reality ! Everything moves with lighting speed, ever changing & contributing to bring closer people from different backgrounds, from heterogeneous origins, from diverse parts of the globe... Love succeeds to overcome the obstacles of ethnic limitations. A new energy which is not concerned by visas, doesn't care about passe ports, flows across borders, is circulating in this new era & brings transformations. Connects people from different origins, cultures, languages & promotes the intercultural or mixed unions !!! Those people, especially their children, are the architects of a different world. They are the ambassadors of universal peace & the diplomats of universal love. The creators of a less racist, more creative, less conservative, more compassionate way of life. They follow their own paths by improvising their lives. Their creations unite different concepts, norms, values, patterns, behaviours, ideas, philosophies...Influenced both by the West as well as from the East they love change, transformation, mutations. 'Synthesis' is their motto. They approach life in a more universal, heterogeneous, non prejudiced, eclectic, subtle, refined way.They are the creators of a new approach of Being. Thus, in our era, we witness the beginning of a regeneration of the human race through mixture of the East with the West, the North with the South, through union of different worlds, cultures, languages, accents ... Everything is changing, moving, flowing and nothing is what it appears to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Greek
• ISBN: 1478263458
• ISBN13: 9781478263456
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"