Cultural Relativism and Philosophy: North and Latin American Perspectives (Philosophy of History and Culture)

Cultural Relativism and Philosophy: North and Latin American Perspectives (Philosophy of History and Culture)

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Book Description
In spite, or perhaps because of, the ongoing cultural, economic, and political uniformization of the world, relativism has risen to the top of the agenda of philosophy and other disciplines. To what extent does cultural diversity affect the activity and the products of philosophizing and of social science? Can there be convergence of worldviews and conceptual frameworks across cultural boundaries? Can there be mutual understanding across them in spite of diversity? These and other questions prompted by the recent upsurge of relativism are tackled in original essays by philosophers and social scientists. The special focus and interest of the book lies in its attempt to confront North and Latin American perspectives on these issues. The four parts of the book (Relativism: transformation or death? A glimpse of variety: Philosophical experiences and worldviews in Latin America; Nature, Culture and Art; and Crossing conceptual frameworks) discuss different, though intertwined, aspects of the challenge of relativism.

Cultural Relativism and Philosophy: North and Latin American Perspectives (Philosophy of History and Culture),M. Dascal,Brill Academic Publishers,9004094334,Anthropology - Cultural,Archaeology / Anthropology,Cultural relativism,Ethnocentrism,History & Surveys - Medieval,Interior Design - General,Latin America,North America,Philosophy,Social Philosophy

Book Contents:

1. Das Aleppiner Kalifat: Vom Ende Des Kalifates in Bagdad Uber Aleppo Zu Den Restaurationen in Kairo (A.D. 1261 : Vom Ende Des Kalifates in Bagdad Uber Aleppo Zu Den Restaurationen in Kairo)
2. Development and Decline of Fukien Province in the 17th and 18th Centuries (Sinica Leidensia, Vol 22)
3. Developments in Genre Between Post-Exilic Penitential Prayers and the Psalms of Communal Lament (Academia Biblica, 7)
4. Die Araber Und Die Antike Wissenschaftstheorie - Ubersetzung Aus Dem Ungrarischen Von Johanna Till Und Gabor Kerekes: U Bersetzung Aus Dem Ungarischen ... (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)
5. Donne and the Politics of Conscience in Early Modern England (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)
6. Dreams, Sufism and Sainthood: The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawawi (Studies in the History of Religions)
7. Early Christian Poetry: A Collection of Essays (Vigiliae Christianae , No 22)
8. Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature: Rabbinic Thought in the Light of Modern Economics (Studia Post-Biblica)
9. Emyl Jenkins' Southern Hospitality
10. Encyclopedie De L'Islam: Livraison 157-158 (Livraison , Vol 9, No 157-158)

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