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Book SynopsisDialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism: Conversations with Edward Demenchonok stands in opposition to the doctrine that might makes right and that the purpose of politics is to establish domination over others rather than justice and the good life for all. In the pursuit of the latter goal, the book stresses the importance of dialogue with participants who take seriously the views and interests of others and who seek to reach a fair solution. In this sense, the book supports the idea of cosmopolitanism, which—by contrast to empire—involves multi-lateral cooperation and thus the quest for a just cosmopolis. The international contributors to this volume, with their varied perspectives, are all committed to this same quest. Edited by Fred Dallmayr, the chapters take the form of conversations with Edward Demenchonok, a well-known practitioner of international and cross-cultural philosophy. The conversations are structured in parts that stress the philosophical, anthropological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of global dialogue. In our conflicted world, it is inspiring to find so many authors from different places agreeing on a shared vision.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Fred R. Dallmayr
Part 1. Intercultural Dialogue: Theory and Practice
Chapter 1. Justice, Power, and Dialogue: Humanizing Politics
Fred R. Dallmayr
Chapter 2. Toward a Philosophy of Intercultural Dialogue in a Conflicted World
Raúl Fornet-Betancourt
Chapter 3. The Quest for Dialogue and Intercultural Philosophy
Vasily Gritsenko and Tatiana Danilchenko
Part 2. Philosophers Striving for the Recognition of Cultural Diversity and Dialogue
Chapter 4. Striving for Intercultural Philosophy: The Contribution of Russian Philosophers
Marietta T. Stepanyants
Chapter 5. Intercultural Dialogue, Critical Thinking, and Global Political Facticity
Ricardo Salas
Chapter 6. Understanding the Authentic and Universal in Latin American Philosophy: Edward Demenchonok’s Intercultural Approach
Pablo Guadarrama
Chapter 7. Abya Yala as a Philosophical Place: Indigenous Philosophies and the Pending Task of the Decolonization of Philosophy
Josef Estermann
Part 3. Humans and Identity in a Culturally Diverse World
Chapter 8. Philosophical Reflections on Humans, Identity, and Intercultural Dialogue
Vladislav A. Lektorsky
Chapter 9. Sartre and Heidegger: The Controversy on Humanism and the Question of the Human
Marina F. Bykova
Chapter 10. The Voice of Religion in Intercultural Dialogue
Igor D. Dzhokhadse
Part 4. Rationality, Freedom, and Responsibility
Chapter 11. Rationality, Harmony, and Responsibility
Grigorii L. Tulchinskii
Chapter 12. Being and Process: How to “Edify” “Arab Reason” (And Any Reason at All)
Andrey V. Smirnov
Chapter 13. Occam’s Razor and Axiomatics of Human Experience: The Problem of the Reduction/Proliferation of Entities in the Contemporary Context
Mikhail N. Epstein
Part 5. Philosophy Facing World Problems
Chapter 14. The Diverse Faces of Globalization
William L. McBride
Chapter 15. Philosophers’ Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Dialogue in Facing Global Problems
Alexander N. Chumakov
Part 6. Toward a Cosmopolitan World Order of Lasting Peace and Global Justice
Chapter 16. Dialogical and Transformative Cosmopolitanism to Come
Sergei V. Akopov
Chapter 17. The Realities of the War System and the Ideal of Global Justice: The Role of Public Discourse and the Vision of Cosmopolitanism
Bill Gay
Chapter 18. In Praise of Edward Demenchonok: A Cosmopolitan Visionary
Richard Falk
Appendix. Latin American and Russian Philosophy and Literature in Dialogue: Raúl Fornet-Betancourt’s Conversation with Edward Demenchonok
