Dialogue Among Civilizations explores the social, cultural, and philosophical underpinnings of 'civilizational dialogue' by asking questions such as: What is the meaning of such dialogue? What are its preconditions? Are there different trajectories for different civilizations? Is there also a dialogue between past and future involving remembrance? Exemplary voices range from Ibn Rushd, Goethe and Hafiz to Soroush, Gadamer, and the Mahatma Gandhi.

Autorentext

FRED DALLMAYR, is a political theorist specializing in modern and contemporary European thought. He recently published Alternative Visions: Paths in the Global Village (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998). He has been the recipient of NEH and Fulbright fellowships, and has been a visiting professor at the New School and the University of Hamburg. In addition to his many articles, he has authored 12 books, including Critical Encounters (Notre Dame), and Between Freiburg and Frankfurt: Toward a Critical Ontology (Massachusetts).

Inhalt

Introduction PART 1: TOWARD A DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS Dialogue Among Civilizations Conversations Across Boundaries The Ambivalence of Europe Globalization and Inequality Global Modernization Memory and Imagination PART 2: SOME EXEMPLARY VOICES Reason, Faith, and Politics West-Eastern Divan Islam and Democracy Rethinking Secularism Freedom East and West What is Self-Rule? Appendix