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Culture and Politics 17 May, 2001 Siena Culture has been an important instrument of politics in the 20th century. That century created ideologies, racial deliriums,tragedies. And the new century has begun with a strong cultural manipulation. Politics needs culture. But does culture need politics? If we intend culture as a means to serve humanity with generosity, the answer may be both yes and no. But if we intend culture as a means to make money or to serve the our egoism, the answer is yes, culture needs politics. This is one of the main problems of our time: to define culture as an occasion of freedom and of personal growth. To abandon ourselves to the passion of listening. TO HOME PAGE The New Era

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