TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gupta,Chhanda
AU  - Chattopadhyaya
TI  - Cultural Otherness and Beyond
T2  - Philosophy of History and Culture
SN  - 9789004452145
AV  - GN345.6 
U1  - 306 23
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Ethnocentrism
KW  - Intercultural communication
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This collection of essays deals with some pressing social, cultural and moral concerns. It addresses problems of trans-cultural and intro-cultural understanding due to diverse perceptions of various themes. Moving beyond Cultural Otherness its aim is to evolve linkages between alternative visions of convergent character avoiding the extremes of hegemonic globalization and radical relativism. Themes included are: alternative perceptions of 1. history and historiography; 2. flux; 3. satisfactions, and obstacles in cross-cultural understanding; 4. A-self and other; 5. cultural objects; 6. world crisis; 7. democracy and development; 8. bias against women in India; 9. gender justice; 10. women's freedom; 11. culture, theory and practice. Each subject in its specific area signals the turn towards shared visions of the human condition. The book has relevance for an interdisciplinary audience interested in cross-cultural dialogue that signals the turn from divergences to convergence, fragmentation to non-hegemonic globalization
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004452145
ER  -