Expanding upon, and engaging with, the influential theories of Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilisations, this book is a major, and controversial, contribution to these key contemporary debates. Dieter Senghaas examines some of the most significant political issues we face today: * How do societies cope with pluralization? * Can tolerance be a successful solution? * What is the role of 'culture' in recent conflicts which have been described as culturally induced? * And will twenty-first-century world politics sink into cultural conflicts on a biblical scale? Dieter Senghaas explores these questions within the context of the main non-Western cultural areas Chinese political philosophy, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism and goes on to reflect on the possibility of a constructive form of intercultural dialogue. Senghaas's distinctive and radical approach will be of great interest and topicality to all those working in politics, international relations, sociology, cultural studies, development studies, religion and international political economy.
Author(s): Dieter Senghaas
Edition: 1
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 160
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
1 Intercultural philosophy today......Page 26
2 Is there a point in looking back......Page 37
3 The quest for innovation......Page 48
4 Homelessness versus public order......Page 58
5 From spiritual to modern plurality?......Page 69
6 Interim observations......Page 77
7 A clash of civilizations......Page 84
8 The realities of cultural struggles......Page 91
9 On Asian and other values......Page 105
10 Interim observations......Page 113
11 Pleading for a reorientation of the intercultural dialogue......Page 118
Notes......Page 131
Suggested reading......Page 149
Index......Page 152
