A Common Human Ground: Universality and Particularity in a Multicultural WorldUniversity of Missouri Press, 07.11.2003 - 168 Seiten The 21st century is rife with tensions and conflict among cultures, peoples, and persons. In this thought-provoking book, Claes G. Ryn explores the great danger of turbulence and war and propounds a strongly argued thesis about what can make peaceful relations possible. |
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... civilization, but I found in that Chinese distinctiveness not merely an obstacle to communication but a chal- lenge to improved understanding of self and humanity. My visits to China and much other contact with Chinese men and women ...
... civilization need not be a hindrance to understanding and appreciating a different civilization. Such allegiance is, on the contrary, a precondition for such comprehension as well as for any more than superficial grasp of the higher ...
... civilizations might meet on a common human ground. One way to make a philosophical position clear is to contrast it with what it is not. This book makes its case partly by criticizing deficient approaches to the problem of universality ...
... civilizations have brought forth works of art, thought, and conduct that attract the deep admiration of later generations. It is in a sense desirable and essential to try to imitate these models of the past, but imitation in the proper ...
... civilization. In its recognition that different ways are possible toward the center, humanism incorporates, restrains, and deepens multiculturalism. Those who would like to foster a spirit of humanism today must face a special ...
Inhalt
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Chapter Five | 36 |
Chapter | 46 |
Chapter Seven | 60 |
Chapter Nine | 99 |
Chapter | 118 |
Appendix | 135 |
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