Some time ago, it was on a Saturday afternoon, Axcent was invited to hold a brief lecture about art and music as a way of (re)discovering philosophical or religious meaning and of fostering interfaith dialogue. The occasion was the launch of I.T.OUCH’, an intercultural and interfaith programme of the Brussels based Institution Thérésienne.
There is much reason to despair. Social fragmentation, excessive individualism, global and local competitiveness, disengagement, utilitarianism, feverish consumption, instrumentalization of beauty and goodness for economic purposes: these would remain very abstract concepts indeed, if the people engaged on the ground did not know that underneath these words many forms of human suffering are hidden, such as unemployment, work-related depression, poverty, social and cultural exclusion and deepening inequalities.
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