Integral pluralism : beyond culture wars / Fred Dallmayr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

(Fred Reinhard)separator_comma 1928- Dallmayr.

Contributor:

Fred R..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

Intercultural communication.

Philosophy, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In addition to war, terrorism, and unchecked military violence, modernity is also subject to less visible but no less venomous conflicts. Global in nature, these ""culture wars"" exacerbate the tensions between tradition and innovation, virtue and freedom. Internationally acclaimed scholar Fred Dallmayr charts a course beyond these persistent but curable dichotomies in Integral Pluralism: Beyond Culture Wars. Consulting diverse fields such as philosophy, literature, political science, and religious studies, Dallmayr equates modern history with a process of steady pluralization. This process

Contents:

Integral pluralism : holism and difference

The concept of the political : politics between war and peace

The secular and the sacred : whither political theology?

Postsecular faith : toward a religion of service

Religion and the world : the quest for justice and peace

Hermeneutics and cross-cultural encounters : integral pluralism in action

A man for all seasons : Mahatma Gandhi's integral pluralism

Reason and lifeworld : two exemplary Indian thinkers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612937545

9780813139456

0813139457

9780813135397

0813135397

9781282937543

1282937545

9780813173689

081317368X

OCLC:

646068676