Globalization brings people and cultures together, producing, in
addition to deep and rich encounters, exclusion, racism, xenophobia
and asymmetries. The present book takes these issues implicitly as
its starting point by thoroughly reflecting on them from a
perspective of worldviews, as one of many approaches.
More specifically, it focuses on people s implicit and explicit
interpretations and assumptions of the world, of themselves and of
others. Often deeply rooted and hard to change, they have an
important function, for without them we would continually need to
question what we do and what we think. In their absolutist form,
these assumptions may become a barrier for open-mindedness, and
hence for deep intercultural understanding and exchange. We need to
find a balance between both stances.
Intercultural philosophy tries to fulfil this role, on the one
hand by comparing different cultures on a deep philosophical level,
and as a way to better understand each other s core assumptions,
and on the other hand by arguing for an intercultural philosophy
grounded in specific cases. The contributions of this book conceive
of "another possible world" which does not condemn cultural and
religious diversity as a detonator for "Clashes of Civilizations,"
but rather welcomes it as a source of inspiration for all and of
respect for the "different.""
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