The book comes at a very critical moment in the debate on civilization and responds to the lack of scholarly attention by international relations and political theorists as to how the discourse of dialogue of cultures, religions, and civilizations can contribute to the future of world order.

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MICHÁLIS S. MICHAEL ****is a Research Fellow at La Trobe University's Centre for Dialogue, an Honorary Research Fellow at its School of Social Sciences, and a Fellow at the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia.

FABIO PETITO is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK. He also teaches at the University 'L'Orientale' in Naples, Italy.

Inhalt
Introduction: Imperial Monologue vs. Dialogue of Civilizations; M.S.Michael & F.Petito PART I: DIALOGUE OF CULTURES, RELIGIONS AND CIVILIZATIONS: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS Justice and Cross-Cultural Dialogue: From Theory to Practice; F.R.Dallmayr Terror, Counter-terror, and Self-destruction: Living with Regimes of Narcissism and Despair; A.Nandy Anti-Cosmopolitanism, the Cosmopolitan Harm Principle and Global Dialogue; R.Shapcott Finding Appropriate Forms of Dialogue for Engaging with the Politics of Security; P.Darby Dialogue among and within Faiths for the Weaving of a Culture of Peace; T.Swee-Hin The Impact of Religious Diversity and Revitalisation on the Possibility of Dialogue; G.D.Bouma & R.Ling PART II: THE RELEVANCE OF DIALOGUE FOR 'WORLD ORDER' IN THE POST 9/11 CONTEXT The Dialogue of Civilisations in the Era of Imperial Decline; J.A.Camilleri Monologue of Empire versus Global Dialogue of Cultures: The Branding of 'American Values'; M.B.Steger Quo Vadis - the Dialogue of Civilizations?; C.Muzaffar Dialogue among Civilizations as an Alternative Model for World Order; F.Petito European Civilization and the Muslim World: Clash, Dialogue, What Else?; A.Salvatore History, Memory, and the Dialogue of Civilizations: The Case of Northeast Asia; M.T.Seigel Speaking the Truth: Openness and Dialogue of Civilizations; Z.Longxi