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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... truly common human ground is discovered through the differences among individuals and peoples. Our humanity is stimulated and deepened by the challenge of diversity. In a world of moral, aesthetic, and intellectual homogeneity, our ...
... truly human being. The person aspiring to that kind of life must frequently say no to pleasures and advantages of the moment, namely those that are inimical to a more deeply satisfying existence. Once attained, the life of happiness is ...
... truly common human ground. But if this view is correct, those who now dominate discussions of how to avoid conflict are virtually neglecting the most basic demands of harmonious relations, trusting as they do in political and economic ...
... truly mas- ter several cultures. A genuine humanism must grow primarily in a particular cultural soil. But humanism is never closed in upon a single heritage. Genuine humanism is, by its very nature, an opening-up of the human ...
... truly satisfying existence. Representatives of different cultures can reach each other as fellow human beings through their cultural individuality, as shaped by shared striving. Because the peoples of the world face vastly different ...
Inhalt
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Chapter Five | 36 |
Chapter | 46 |
Chapter Seven | 60 |
Chapter Nine | 99 |
Chapter | 118 |
Appendix | 135 |
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