Treccani: “Extremism and radicalism. The reasons for the dialogue.
It is a unique book of its kind because it compares testimonials that look at historical and cultural events from different points of view and with often conflicting perspectives, but always animated by a sincere desire for dialogue and comparison.
"The interventions contained in this volume are concrete evidence of the profound dialogue between two countries of ancient culture. They are a moment of the intense conversation that continues over the years, despite the changing political conditions. Iran and Italy share a common interest in the peace of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, in whose common history both are deeply rooted ", notes Professor Cereti who explains, to Agenzia Nova, how" this book is dedicated to the discussion of the different extremisms and radicalisms that damage our time, phenomena that have torn our region, cutting innocent lives and triggering a spiral of hatred that is difficult to stop “.
The volume collects writings from Massimo Bray, director of the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute, and Abuzar Ebrahimi Turkoman, president of the Islamic Cultural Relations Organization of Tehran, who introduce the work that then develops through eleven interventions. "The role of art in controlling religious extremism" by Hossein Belkhari Qahi (University of Tehran); "Minorities and rights.
A regional perspective in its historical dimension "by Michele Brunelli (University of Bergamo); "Radicalism and cultural heritage" by Carlo Cereti which emphasizes that "the great conflicts have always affected the cultural heritage and no one can be surprised that the same thing happens today, in a historical moment in which a fierce asymmetric war is taking place". Among the other chapters of the book, "Extremism and radicalism in the enlarged Mediterranean region" by Riccardo Redaelli (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan). "Mode of comparison with religious extremism and Islamophobia" by Mehdi Farmanian (University of Religions of Qom). "Control of religious extremism in the Middle East" by Davoud Feyrahi (University of Tehran). "Religious extremism: educational strategy to prevent the expansion of spirals of anger and violence" by Akbar Gholi (director of the Cultural Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Rome).
