S5 E2: To the Victor

Scene on Radio: Capitalism

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Society & Culture, Audiodoc, Radio, Documentary, Stories

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🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

How western Europe really broke bad in its understanding of humanity’s place in the natural world, from the Crusades to capitalism. Part 2 of our series, The Repair, on the climate crisis.

By host and producer John Biewen, with co-host Amy Westervelt. Interviews with Charisse Burden-Stelly, Kate Rigby, Enrique Salmón, and David Pecusa.

The series editor is Cheryl Devall. Music by Lili Haydn, Chris Westlake, Kim Carroll, Cora Miron, Alex Weston, Lesley Barber, and Fabian Almazan. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music. Season 5 is supported by Scene on Radio listener-donors, and by the International Women’s Media Foundation.

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0:00.0	Season 5 is supported by you, our listeners, and by the International Women's Media Foundation.
0:06.6	Amy, some people might ask, what are the crusades doing in a podcast series about the climate crisis?
0:15.3	Yeah, I guess some might. Religious wars a thousand years ago.
0:19.5	But, I mean, violence and domination, one group imposing their will on the world makes sense to me
0:27.5	if you're looking at how we got into this mess.
0:30.6	If you're taking the long view and the cultural view, the crusades are definitely part of the story.
0:42.3	You will journey first to Rome and from there to the Holy Land.
0:48.7	Father, I, you will be a knight-templer of soldier in the service of God.
0:55.7	That's from a movie that came out in 2007. It's called, Arne, the Knight Templar.
1:04.7	Arne? That's the main character's name?
1:12.7	Yes, Arne, he's a fictional 12th century crusader from Sweden.
1:19.7	Five Northern European countries financed this production.
1:23.7	And I got to say I was surprised by how earnest and almost deweyied this film is about the crusades.
1:30.7	Yeah, wow, John, I have to say I missed that one.
1:33.7	So much for the radical left film industry that hates pro-Western values.
1:40.7	The movie portrays these European warriors for Christianity as men of great sincerity and honor, especially Arne.
1:49.7	Well, maybe we shouldn't be too cynical during the Middle Ages in Europe and the Middle East.
1:55.7	Religion did really dominate life in almost every way.
1:59.7	True, quick review, Muhammad establishes Islam in the 7th century.
2:04.7	Christians and Muslims often live side by side in peace and trade with each other.
2:11.7	But eventually the two faiths get into big fights, mostly over souls and territory.
2:17.7	Right, church leaders got really sore about Muslim control of the Holy Land.
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