Ian Buruma: Eurabia, Truth or Paranoia?
Ian Buruma delivered the 2009 Kenan Distinguished Lecture in Ethics on Thursday, October 15. Burumas talk, Eurabia: Truth or Paranoia dealt with the fears of Islamicization in the countries of Western Europe, with examples drawn from current debates in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Buruma, who is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism at Bard College, spoke about the ethical, political and cultural challenges rising from the changing demographics of Western Europe, and deftly separated unjustified paranoia over these changes from reasonable anxiety.