Springer Worldviews and Cultures: Philosophical Reflections from an Intercultural Perspective: 10 (Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on ... Nature, Art, Human Action and Society, 10)

Globalization brings people and cultures together but also produces exclusion, racism, xenophobia and asymmetries. Taking these issues as its starting point, this book comprehensively reflects on them from a worldview perspective, as one of many approaches. Review Aus den Rezensionen:  “... Der band beschäftigt sich mit der orientierenden Funktion von weltanschauungen, mit verschiedenen »Modellen« von Weltanschauungen sowie mit dem Umgang mit den Anderen aus interkulturellel Perspektive. ... Die Herausgeberinnen begrüßen die Diversität der zum Teil sehr verschieden ausgerichteten Texte, ... Diese inhaltliche/Methodologische Heterogenität der Texte ist durchaus interressant Lediglich die Sorgfaltigkeit des Lektorats lasst für den überaus stolzen preis leider zu wünschen übrig. Immerhin besteht die Möglichkeit, beim Verlag samtliche Beitrage einzeln als elektronische Version (PDF) zu beziehen.“ (Caroline Herfert, in: polylog Zeitschrift für Interkulturelles Philosophieren, 2010, Vol. 23, S. 146 f.) From the Back Cover Globalization brings people and cultures together, producing, in addition to deep and rich encounters, exclusion, racism, xenophobia and asymmetries. The present book takes these issues implicitly as its starting point by thoroughly reflecting on them from a perspective of worldviews, as one of many approaches. More specifically, it focuses on people’s implicit and explicit interpretations and assumptions of the world, of themselves and of others. Often deeply rooted and hard to change, they have an important function, for without them we would continually need to question what we do and what we think. In their absolutist form, these assumptions may become a barrier for open-mindedness, and hence for deep intercultural understanding and exchange. We need to find a balance between both stances. Intercultural philosophy tries to fulfil this role, on the one hand by comparing different cultures on a deep philosophical level, and as a way to better understand each other’s core assumptions, and on the other hand by arguing for an intercultural philosophy grounded in specific cases. The contributions of this book conceive of "another possible world" which does not condemn cultural and religious diversity as a detonator for "Clashes of Civilizations", but rather welcomes it as a source of inspiration for all and of respect for the "different". About the Author Nicole Note Born in Belgium, studied Cultures and Languages of South America in Leiden, the Nederlands, worked during more than 10 years in different NGO’s (international NG0 South-North Network Cultures and Development) Brussels, and UCOS (University Centre for Development Cooperation), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB). PhD in Moral Sciences, VUB. Post-doctoral fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre Leo Apostel, (Clea) VUB. Raúl Fornet-Betancourt  Born in 1946 in Holguín (Cuba). Resides in Germany form 1972. He has a PhD in Philosophy (University of Salamanca, Spain) and a PhD in Linguistics and Theology (University of Aachen). Currently he is professor at the University of Bremen and Aachen, and invited professor of the  Universidad Pontificia de México and  the Universidad Unisinos en São Leopoldo (Brasil). Moreover is he  director of the section on Latin América at The International Catholic Missionary Action ‘Missio’ (Aachen). He has organised various congresses worldwide and can be called one of the founding fathers of intercultural philosophy. He has written about 200 hundred works. Josef Estermann Born in Switzerland, studied Theology and Philosophy in Lucerne, Nijmegen, Utrecht and Amsterdam. Ph.D. in Philosophy and M.A. in Theology. Eight years of field experience in Cusco (Peru), five years as Director of the Institute of Missiology in Aachen (Germany), five years as professor and researcher at the Higher Ecumenical Andean Theological Institute ISEAT in La Paz (Bolivia); professor at th