EDITORIAL
Laura Di GregorioThe increasing meshing of different cultures is shaping the modern world. It is becoming a major driving force behind the changes in our societies. This Century’s Review begins by exploring this new phenomenon. “Meshing” is the key concept we have chosen for the launch of our journal, symbolising our goal to mesh together the work of experts across the globe, their different languages and points of view. In so doing, it is our aim to remain independent of trends in the established media. We do not select our topics based on their headlines. This allows us to approach issues in a thematic way giving deeper significance to what might otherwise be a so-called trend topic. We strive for relevance and not for trendiness.
Multiple and often complex meshing is evident within each article and between articles of this first issue of This Century’s Review. We look at political meshing between countries in response to the Kashmiri appeal for humanitarian aid. We highlight similarities and relevant differences between Columbian and European Constitutional Courts. We examine the network of written correspondence among the Jesuits of the XVI century. We trace the interlacing of literary ideas and images in Latin America and in Sri Lanka. Through fascinating analyses of their internal compositions, we discover the structural correlation between cinema, music, visual art and philosophy. We even gaze at the stars through the eyes of contemporary astronomers and see the cosmic web.
This Century’s Review offers one more mesh, a thread running back and forth through the articles, binding them together into a coherent whole: the common purpose of everyone involved in this project to deliver new ideas.