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 28
... 20 Chapter Four The Living Past 26 Chapter Five A Common Ethical Center 36 Chapter Six Dubious Conceptions of Unity 46 Chapter Seven The Attack on History 60 Chapter Eight Value-Centered Historicism 79 Chapter Nine The Concrete as v.
... past saw wars and mass killings of a previously unseen scope. These horrors have in any case cast grave doubt on the belief in human goodness and in the ability of science to create a better world. One has to wonder if these man-made ...
... English responded by singing “Silent Night.” In some places enemies got out of their trenches and met in no-man's-land. The Living Past The preceding chapters have presented a thesis A Cosmopolitan Basis for Peace 25.
... past is a source of social cohesion, strength, and creativity, a heritage whose greatest achievements need to be ... past, that is, of its present, that is, of itself, and to furnish it 26. Chapter. Four. Chapter Four The Living Past.
... past is to understand oneself and contemporary society better. To study history does not serve an antiquarian purpose but is the necessary foundation for well-informed, wise action. As Croce says, “Historical science and culture in all ...
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 |