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The End Of Elsewhere: The Endangered Species of the Global Citizen

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From Rousseau to Bourdain, the West spent 300 years searching for meaning by leaving. That search is ending.

The End Of Elsewhere The Endangered Species of the Global Citizen Grant David Crawford, PhD May 04, 2026 3,896 398 740 Share Subscribe For the past seven or eight years I’ve taught a course on the ethics and politics of travel. The syllabus opens with a Huffington Post article by David Sze called “The Myth of Authentic Travel ,” an unflashy piece that takes apart the idea that there is some “real” Thailand ducking and hiding behind the touristed one, some uncontaminated village waiting at the end of the forgotten trail if the traveler is patient, open, or adventurous enough to find it. Sze arg

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