Alternative Visions Paths in the Global Village

by Dallmayr, Fred

• ISBN13: 9780847687671
• ISBN10: 0847687678
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-02
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Globalization is often seen as a process of universal standardization under the auspices of market economics, technology, and hegemonic power. Resisting this process without endorsing parochial self-enclosure, Fred Dallmayr explores alternative visions that are rooted in distinct vernacular traditions and facilitate cross-cultural learning in an open-ended global arena.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(20)
Part 1: Modernity and Its Discontents	21	(148)
1 Truth and Difference: Some Lessons from Herder	21	(26)
2 The Politics of Nonidentity: Adorno, Postmodernism, and Edward Said	47	(24)
3 Liberation Perspectives East and West	71	(34)
4 Satyagraha: Gandhi's Truth Revisited	105	(18)
5 Humanity and Humanization: Comments on Confucianism	123	(22)
6 Liberating Remembrance: Thoughts on Ethics, Politics, and Recollection	145	(24)
Part 2: Nationalism, Globalism, and Development	169	(130)
7 "Return to the Source": African Identity (After Cabral)	169	(22)
8 Nationalism in South Asia: Some Theoretical Points	191	(28)
9 Global Development? Alternative Voices from Delhi	219	(22)
10 Culture and Global Development	241	(12)
11 "Rights" Versus "Rites": Justice and Global Democracy	253	(24)
12 An "Inoperative" Global Community? Reflections on Nancy	277	(22)
Index	299	(8)
About the Author	307