A global culture to fight extremism - Maajid Nawaz
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Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia in this powerful Talk from TEDGlobal 2011.
Nawaz talks about a relatively new age in world history, one that The New York Times has called the “age of behavior.” What is the age of behavior, and how does it differ from previous ages in history? What are some examples that illustrate the age of behavior?
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