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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... existence, both actual and potential, of a shared, unifying humanity, but it simultaneously affirms the great value of diversity. Especially in this era of globalization it is important to nourish and protect what is properly ...
... human existence is inescapably historical. The chapter shows that history is a guide to universality but that its lessons must be creatively applied to new circumstances. Chapter 5 explores further the ethical aspect of the common life ...
... human existence and, most especially, the possibility of synthesis of particularity and universality. These concluding chapters criticize what the book terms the idiosyncratic society and argue for what it calls the versatile society ...
... human beings. It only provides them with new means of asserting their will. Others in the West trust in political and economic schemes to alleviate tensions, “democracy” and “free markets” being the two most popular at the moment. These ...
... human experience might contain moral or aesthetical elements that transcend the distinctiveness of particular groups and societies and that might constitute a bond of shared humanity. These intellectuals simply deny the existence of ...
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11 | |
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Chapter Five | 36 |
Chapter | 46 |
Chapter Seven | 60 |
Chapter Nine | 99 |
Chapter | 118 |
Appendix | 135 |
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