Spirituality and Politics - CBC - Our World

******************************************************************************* CBC - Our World Spirituality and Politics ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type.................: documentary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source...............: NTSC CABLE AVI Size.............: 360,511,488 bytes Duration.............: 21:48.053 FPS..................: 29.970 Video Codec..........: XviD 1.2 SMP Codec DCT......: H263 QPel...........: No GMC............: No Video Bitrate........: 2000 (ABR) Video Resolution.....: 640x464 Video Aspect Ratio...: 1.379 Audio Format.........: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio Encoder........: LAME 3.92 Bitrate..............: 128kbits/sec (CBR) Hz...................: 48000 Channels.............: Stereo Captured by..........: festering leper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week we broadcast from Montreal and feature Brian's conversation with philosopher Charles Taylor on the need to build spiritual bridges to avoid a global clash of cultures, and a report by Nick Spicer from Moscow about why a small but vocal opposition movement is rising again in Russia.We'll meet its unlikely hero. We begin by visiting one of the most respected philosophers in the world today, Charles Taylor, whose writings over the past forty years have been translated around the world. Since the 1960's, Charles Taylor has written, in books such as "The Malaise of Modernity", about the earthshaking transformations in culture and spirituality that define our modern era. In recent years he has been increasingly concerned with escalating bigotry and the violence it produces. Taylor is also known as a political activist and theorist as well as a Roman Catholic thinker. He has just been awarded the $1.5 million Templeton Prize to promote research into how spiritual aspirations shape society and politics.We met at the University of McGill in Montreal, where at 76, Taylor still lectures and is Professor Emeritus. Charles Taylor argues the need for citizens everywhere to engage fully in politics. Our second subject exemplifies such commitment, regardless of cost. In Russia today, one of the big questions is how much oxygen remains in its democracy. Former Grand Chess Master Garry Kasparov, one of the greatest players ever, has decided that preserving freedom is a contest he has to be involved in and he's prepared to risk his own liberty to do so. Kasparov is looking ahead to the much anticipated Presidential elections in Russia in 2008. Vladimir Putin is scheduled to step down, because the Constitution prevents him from seeking a third term. That opens the race to the liberal opposition. Kasparov could run in those elections. He's now part of a broad coalition of opposition parties called THE OTHER RUSSIA. The liberal oppsition in Russia used to be a lively part of the political scene. But under Putin it has been sidelined. That is now changing. This spring there have been anti Kremlin protests, the like of which hasn't been seen in years. The CBC's Moscow reporter Nick Spicer is tracking the liberal oppostion's tentative steps forward with Kasparov as its most charismatic leader. --

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