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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 22
... groups, and peoples. Chapter 1 defines the central issue and connects it with the problem of alleviating conflict. This chapter and the one following it propose “humanism” as a convenient term for a heightened awareness of the intimate ...
... groups and societies and that might constitute a bond of shared humanity. These intellectuals simply deny the existence of universality. They espouse either the typical modern “liberal” view that all values are ultimately subjective and ...
... groups. They recognize no common human core. These contrasting ways of thinking exemplify what Irving Babbitt (1865–1933), the American literary scholar and cultural thinker, calls “metaphysics of the One” and “metaphysics of the Many ...
... group are, though superficially alike and connected, separated by personal background and therefore ultimately isolated and alone. Multiculturalism of this kind drowns in a welter of differences and change, incapable of distinguishing ...
... groups to have peaceful, indeed, morally and culturally enriching, relations. Keeping that purpose in mind will protect us from an overly technical approach to the fundamental philosophical issue. Moral and Cultural Preconditions of ...
Inhalt
5 | |
11 | |
20 | |
26 | |
Chapter Five | 36 |
Chapter | 46 |
Chapter Seven | 60 |
Chapter Nine | 99 |
Chapter | 118 |
Appendix | 135 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
A Common Human Ground: Universality and Particularity in a Multicultural World Claes G. Ryn Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2003 |
A Common Human Ground: Universality and Particularity in a Multicultural World Claes G. Ryn Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
A Common Human Ground: Universality and Particularity in a Multicultural World Claes G. Ryn Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2003 |