> .. the movement’s insistence on the particularity of a specific landscape did not.. limit its appeal.. Standing Rock became a magnet for people from many countries and faith traditions... I do not need to be #Bandanese to understand what #GunungApi means to the islanders.. I do not need to be Greek to be moved by the #Iliad. It is empathy that makes it possible for humans to understand each other’s stories: this is why storytelling needs to be at the core of a global politics of vitality.

> This faculty is linked neither to blood nor to the soil: in humans— and for all we know, in other beings as well— the capacity for empathy is nurtured by stories.
> I do not need to be #Bandanese to understand what #GunungApi means to the islanders, just as I do not need to be Greek to be moved by the #Iliad. It is empathy that makes it possible for humans to understand each other’s stories... storytelling needs to be at the core of a global #PoliticsOfVitality.
#Stories #StoryTelling

> With the aid of #Japanese #mercenaries, the Dutch launched several military expeditions against the Bandanese.. conquest culminated in the #Banda #massacre.. 2,800 #Bandanese killed.. 1,700 enslaved.. Along with starvation and constant fighting, the Bandanese.. could not continue to resist. and negotiated a surrender in 1621. Jan Pieterszoon Coen.. expelled the remaining 1,000..the #Dutch secured their valuable #monopoly on the #spice trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Islands
#NutmegsCurse #浪人 #侍 #傭兵