Achieving our world : toward a global and plural democracy / Fred Dallmayr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Human rights.

Cultural pluralism.

Globalization.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

xvi, 223 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2001]

Summary:

In an age marked by global hegemony and festering civilization clashes, Fred Dallmayr's Achieving Our World charts a path toward a cosmopolitan democracy respectful of local differences. Dallmayr draws upon and develops insights from a number of fields: political theory, the study of international politics, recent Continental philosophy, and an array of critical cultural disciplines to illustrate and elucidate his thesis. In Achieving Our World, Dallmayr contends that a genuinely global and plural democracy and 'civic culture' is the only viable and promising path for humankind in the new millennium.

Contents:

Part 1 Globalization and Democracy

1 Globalization: Curse or Promise? 17

2 Global Governance and Cultural Diversity: Toward a Cosmopolitan Democracy 35

3 "Asian Values" and Global Human Rights: Tensions and Convergences 51

4 Beyond Fugitive Democracy: Some Modern and Postmodern Reflections 71

5 Achieving Our World Democratically: A Response to Richard Rorty 91

Part 2 Pluralism: Variations on Self-Other Relations

6 Transversal Encounters: Calvin Schrag and Postmodernity 111

7 Border Crossings: Bernhard Waldenfels on Dialogue 129

8 Distancing the Other: Jacques Derrida on Friendship 147

9 Oneself as Another: Paul Ricoeur's "Little Ethics" 171

10 Resisting Totalizing Uniformity: Martin Heidegger on Macht and Machenschaft 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742511847

0742511855

OCLC:

48385276