Intercultural Philosophy

by Ram Adhar Mall

Overview

The meeting of different cultures, philosophies and religions today calls for an intensive and qualified discourse on the part of all concerned. Intercultural Philosophy seeks to develop such a discourse through a new orientation of thought that will allow for a discussion of all philosophical problems from an intercultural perspective. In this important new work, Ram Adhar Mall approaches the study of philosophy from a cross-cultural point of view allowing for fundamental similarities and illuminating differences between cultures. In doing so, he develops a new concept of intercultural philosophy and applies it to various philosophical disciplines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847692798
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/12/2000
Series:	Philosophy and the Global Context
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.78(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Ram Adhar Mall is professor of philosophy at the University of Trier.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Intercultural Philosophy- A Conceptual Clarification Chapter 4 2 Towards a Theory of an Analogous Hermeneutics Chapter 5 3 Hermeneutics of the One under Different Names Chapter 6 4 Intercultural Philosophy and Postmodernity Chapter 7 5 An Intercultural Philosophy of Unity without Uniformity Chapter 8 6 Two Metaphors of Time-Arrow and Cycle Chapter 9 7 Metonymic Reflections on Shamkara's Concept of Brahman and Plato's Seventh Epistle Chapter 10 8 The God of Phenomenology in Comparative Contrast to that of Philosophy and Theology Chapter 11 9 The Concept of the Absolute- An Intercultural Perspective Chapter 12 10 Europe in the Mirror of World Cultures— On the Myth of the Europeanisation of Humanity. A non-European Discovery of Europe Part 13 Bibliography Part 14 Index Part 15 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Intercultural philosophy is a new concept, and Mall is one of the first to give it a concrete context.. .. Well-written, systematically expounded. .. Intercultural Philosophy will be a most important book in the field.

J. N. Mohanty