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Avishai Margalit - Recent society, memory and compromise

Professor Avishai Margalit is George F. Kennan Professor, School of Historical Studies, at the Institute for Advanced Studies, in Princeton. Prof. Margalit is widely regarded as one of the foremost thinkers and commentators on the contemporary human condition, the moral issues of our time and current problems facing Western societies. In addition to his influence as a philosopher, Prof. Margalit is also well regarded for his anlalysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the broader struggle between Islam and the West. Prof. Margalit has written extensively on the philosophical nature of contemporary society. His works included Idolatry (with Moshe Halbertal, 1992), The Decent Society (1996), Views in Review: Politics and Culture in the State of the Jews (1998), The Ethics of Memory (2002), Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies (with Ian Buruma, 2004), and On Compromise and Rotten Compromises (2009). In this interview for United Nations University Conversation Series on Global Justice, Prof. Margalit shares his expertise in applying philosophical perspectives to a range of pressing political and societal issues. You can find all the other videos in this series by clicking on the playlist link to the right of this video, or simply click on the link bellow: [   • Interview Series: Global Justice  ]