Conversation
Hostility Toward the Other and Its Consequences in Iranian Society
This conversation examines the phenomenon of hostility toward the other and its ethical, social, and political consequences in Iranian society. Emadaldin Baghi and Mehdi Tadayoni discuss the roots of negating the other, symbolic violence, and the possibility of tolerance in collective life.
About this video
Hostility toward the other emerges when an individual or group perceives the intellectual, religious, political, or lifestyle differences of others not as a part of society's reality, but as a threat to their own identity. Focusing on Iranian society, this conversation explores the mechanisms through which exclusion, negation, and violence against the other take shape.
In this program, Emadaldin Baghi and Mehdi Tadayoni, in conversation with Mohammad Reza Kadivar, examine the relationship between hostility toward the other and public ethics, political culture, historical memory, and social dialogue. The central question is how to move away from the logic of elimination and antagonism toward a society with a greater capacity for tolerance, critique, and coexistence.
This conversation is significant for those interested in Iranian issues, social ethics, politics, and public culture, as it demonstrates that hostility toward the other is not merely an individual attitude but can become a persistent pattern of distrust, polarization, and violence in society.
