A world of solidarity is possible

Laureates 2024

The Foundation presents the 2024 laureates of the award !

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Supported initiatives in 2024

The Foundation presents the 2024 supported initiatives !

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Our aims :

Promote the wellbeing and empowerment of underprivileged human communities by valuing and supporting their own capacities to understand and to act, their biological and cultural diversity, and their sense of solidarity—internal as well as with other communities.

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Community

There exist a plethora of human “communities” in the ordinary sense; they share a territory, a city quarter, natural resources, a language, a culture, traditions, etc. These socio-cultural communities are crucial for the work of the Foundation. There also exist human communities which are centered around one or several common issues or interests but whose members may not be linked geographically or culturally.

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Solidarity

Solidarity is first of all an attitude and a value. It means the acceptance of the other’s humanity, and turns the other into an equal subject, independently of possible social, economic, political or other differences. But solidarity is also an active engagement – between individuals, within a community, or between different communities – for instance to defend or to reinforce a common good or a common interest.

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Meeting the Stranger, this fundamental event

Emmanuel Levinas calls « event » the encounter with the other, he even calls it « fundamental event ». It is, according to him, the most important experience, which opens the greatest horizons.

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The Foundation

The Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation promotes the empowerment and wellbeing of disadvantaged human communities. By strengthening intra and inter-community solidarity the Foundation strives to improve local capacities, promote the respect of human rights, and sustain cultural and biological diversity.

The Foundation was created in Switzerland in March 2006. It has an international Board of Directors including seven members.

As of 2024, the Foundation has supported 79 initiatives and honored 38 laureates with the Paul K. Feyerabend Award.

Recent articles :

Solidarity

4 May 2013 · by · in

Solidarity is an attitude and a value. It means accepting a common humanity with “the other”.  It means seeing “the other” as a subject as we are, deserving respect and care regardless of socio-economic, cultural, physical or other differences. But … Read more

Shaping a Communitarian Ethos in an Era of Ecological Crisis

5 August 2022 · by · in

An interesting article by David Barkin, one of our Nominators :

Shaping a Communitarian Ethos in an Era of Ecological Crisis

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(Français) Rencontrer l’Etranger, cet événement fondamental

4 May 2013 · by · in

Sorry, this entry is only available in French and European Spanish.… Read more

(Français) Systèmes d’épargne et de crédit – une stratégie de développement pour les pauvres?

4 May 2013 · by · in

Sorry, this entry is only available in French and European Spanish.… Read more

(Français) Qui a peur des « communautés » ?

4 May 2013 · by · in

Sorry, this entry is only available in French.… Read more

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