Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Towards a Critical Intercultural Hermeneutics
PART ONE: Resources of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
Chapter One. The Intercultural Horizon of Contemporary Understanding
Chapter Two. Do Gadamer and Ricoeur Have the Same Understanding of Hermeneutics?
Chapter Three. The Commonality of the World and the Intercultural Element: Meaning, Culture, and Chora
Chapter Four. Comparing the Incomparable: Crossing Intercultural Borders
Chapter Five. World, Home, and Hermeneutic Phenomenology
PART TWO: Intercultural Complications and Problematics
Chapter Six. Objects and Orientalism
Chapter Seven. Understanding, Misunderstanding, and the Critical Function of Hermeneutics in Cross-Cultural Studies
Chapter Eight. Universal Values or Cultural Relativity: A Pointless Question
Chapter Nine. Reconciling the Tension between Similarity and Difference in Critical Hermeneutics
PART THREE: Expanding Horizons: Empathy, Dialogue, Critique, Wisdom
Chapter Ten: Some Observations on the Prospects of Intercultural Hermeneutics in a Global Framework
Chapter Eleven. Intercultural Understanding in Philosophical Hermeneutics
Chapter Twelve. Making Sense of Critical Hermeneutics: Pragmatist Reflections
Chapter Thirteen. Critical Interventions: Towards a Hermeneutical Rejoinder
Chapter Fourteen. Empathy, Dialogue, Critique: How Should We Understand (Inter)Cultural Violence?
Afterword: Contesting the Real
Contributors
Index