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Hicks: Challenges of Globalization


en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 oct 2007
This volume contains eleven essays dealing with the question of how to face the current challenges of globalization. These essays examine topics ranging from global justice, international law, and human rights to ecoterrorism, cultural relativism, and the challenges of autonomy. Many of the essays included here discuss how a comprehensive ethical action is necessary in order to overcome repressive social, political, and cultural obstacles. Most of the essays in this volume were selected from the 2005 Sixth World Congress of the ISUD (International Society for Universal Dialogue) held in Helsinki, Finland. The volume is introduced by Steven V. Hicks, past President of the ISUD, who discusses the issues of cultural conflict and crisis in the aftermath of Nietzsche's philosophy.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405173568
ISBN-10: 1405173564
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

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upper level undergraduates, postgraduates and academics studying philosophy, ethics and human rights

Descriere

This volume contains eleven essays dealing with the question of how to face the current challenges of globalization.

  • The essays included in this volume were originally presented at the Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland, on the occasion of the Sixth World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD)
  • Presents Keynote addresses or prize-winning papers from the Congress
  • Central theme explores the need to rethink our concepts of nature, culture, and freedom in an age of increased globalization
  • Topics examined range from global justice, international law, and human rights to ecoterrorism, cultural relativism, and the challenges of autonomy
  • Introduced by Steven V. Hicks, past President of the ISUD, who discusses the issues of cultural conflict and crisis in the aftermath of Nietzsche's philosophy