02
June 2011
Past Event
Identity, Democracy, and the Nation-State

Identity, Democracy, and the Nation-State

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
June 02, 2011
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June 2011
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Speakers:
Kenneth Weinstein,

Hudson Insitute President & CEO

John Fonte,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture

Christopher Caldwell,

Senior Editor at the Weekly Standard

Paul Berman,

Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University

James Ceaser,

Professor of Politics, University of Virginia

Michael Novak,

rofessor and Trustee, Ave Maria University

Marcello Pera,

Hudson Visiting Fellow and Italian Senator

There has been much debate within the academic community about whether a strong national core identity is necessary to democracy, or whether it is ultimately subversive.

An eminent panel addressed this issue by asking important questions. Do immigrants have the right to redefine the culture of their new homeland? What requirements, if any, should Western societies demand of non-Western immigrants?

Can secularism and scientific rationalism?with obeisance to globalism and multiculturalism?be enough to perpetuate democracy and Western civilization, or are religious virtues and traditional Western values of critical importance to the survival of democracy?

Hudson's Center for American Common Culture is grateful to The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation for its generous support of this event.

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