Re-ethnicizing the minds? : cultural revival in contemporary thought /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2006. |
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| Description: | 494 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studien zur interkulturellen Philosophie ; 17 = Studies in intercultural philosophy ; 17 = Etudes de philosophie interculturelle ; 17. Studien zur interkulturellen Philosophie ; 17. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6215012 |
| Summary: | The predominance and global expansion of homogenizing modes of production, consumption and information risks alienating non-Western and Western people alike from the intellectual and moral resources embedded in their own distinctive cultural traditions. In reaction to the erosion of traditional cultures and civilizations, we seem to be witnessing the re-emergence of a tendency to re-ethnicize the mind through renewed and more or less systematic cultural revivals worldwide (e.g., hinduization, ivoirization, islamicization, etc.). How do and should philosophers understand and assess the significance and impact of this phenomenon? Authors acquainted with the contemporary situation in Africa, Asia, the Middle-East, South-America, and Europe try to answer this question. In the final analysis, the authors plead for a full critical engagement with one's own particularity while at the same time rejecting any form of cultural, national or regional chauvinism. |
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| Physical Description: | 494 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-482) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9042020415 9789042020412 |
