Calgary Symposium Probes Community, Capitalism And The Causes Of Violence

St. Appolonia And A Hundred Medieval Holidays 
The Lost Art Of Catholic Drinking
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/st-appolonia-and-hundred-medieval.html

Dear Arthur,

Thanks again for the good work you do.

And thanks for sharing the great reading list. "Debt: The First 500 Years," " Nickel and Dimed," "The High Price of Materialism," "Predictably Irrational," "Me to We," "Bowling Alone..."

If you have not probed Jay Walljasper's "All That We Share" -- with an introduction by Bill McKibben -- I encourage you to check it out. https://www.amazon.com/All-That-Share-Environment-Communities/dp/1595584994

Bill McKibben: "The Christian paradox: How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong."

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/06/bill-mckibben-christian-paradox-how.html

I wish I could attend tomorrow's "symposium" - whose etymology derives from the Greek words for "drinking together."

Although I increasingly doubt that The American Revolution was a good idea, it was planned and staged in colonial taverns. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-daily-meal/the-surprising-drinkAing-h_b_5557994.html 

Perhaps one of your students could "write a thesis" comparing Canada's faithfulness to the crown with America's "mutiny." 

This historical review of "roots" could be followed up with an investigation of how each nation's decision impacted the development the cultures we have today - as I see it a fairly clear distinction between widespread barbarism and civilization.

Pax-Shalom-Salaam

Alan

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 2:11 AM, Arthur Clark <awcimp@shaw.ca> wrote:

Our next session in the series on root causes of political violence will begin to focus on building a new model, right here in Calgary.  It starts at 7 PM at my home, 11 Coleridge Crescent NW, this Friday, September 30. Here's the map link to my place  http://bit.ly/2djt804

 

You've seen the working title of "Market Norms, Social Norms, and Super-cooperators" and the three sets of generative ideas, about the market economy; social capital; and cities as the basic nodal points for a healthier, more cooperative global community.  But the substantive outcome of the evening will be yours to create.

 

I am much later than I had thought I would be in sending you the attached reading list. It has a description with or without excerpts for each of the books. Some of the descriptions are long, others very short, and the whole document is ten pages.  You may find some of it entertaining, but it is not as readable from start to finish as I had envisioned it, because I did not find the time and energy to do the envisioned version.  Perhaps the best way to use it is to read some of the short descriptions and then one or two of the longer ones where the titles interest you. I hope it will stimulate ideas of your own to bring to the small group discussions on Friday.

 

You and others in your break-out group will decide what you want to discuss on Friday.  As always there will be food and beverages and you can just come and listen and enjoy yourself if you prefer.

 

Arthur