The Philosophy of Culture, Vol. I

BOUDOURIS, K. (Ed.), THE PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE, VOL. I, IONIA PUBLICATIONS, ATHENS 2006, pp. 256. Book cover

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 9

1. JAMES A. ANDREWS POLITICAL REALISM, HELLENIC CULTURE AND THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE 11

2. LINDA ARDITO THE SCIENCE AND ART OF MUSIC: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES 25

3. PORNTIPHA BANTOMSIN BUDDHIST CULTURE IN TRANSITION: NO BOUNDARIES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST 35

4. DANIEL REX BERNARD THINKING CULTURE: THE PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNI- CATION OF AMERICAN CULTURAL IMPERIALISM 59

5. NOEMî CALABUIG CA³ESTRO OTTO WEININGER: FIGURE OF TRANSITION BETWEEN SCHOPENHAUER AND WITTGENSTEIN 68

6. CHANG, DONG-MIN AN INQUIRY INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF TAOISM 83

7. PREDRAG CICOVACKI THE DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION AND A SEARCH FOR A DIFFERENT VALUE SYSTEM 88

8. JOSE CARLOS AVELINO DA SILVA THE INSTRUMENT AND NATURE 101

9. JUAN MANUEL FORTE MULTICULTURALISM, CULTURE AND EQUALITY 112

10. M. A. MAGDALENA GAJEWSKA DEATH AS AN EMPTINESS, SYMBOL, METHAMORPHOSIS AND METAPHOR - ON THE MODERN CULTURE BACKGROUND 118

11. MICHAEL HEYNS COSMOPOLIS, COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE MULTICULTURAL SITUATION 123

12. FILIP IVANOVIC THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEK CULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION 134

13. VASILIKI KARAVAKOU BEYOND ABSOLUTISM AND RELATIVISM: THE FUTURE OF THE HEGELIAN IDEAL OF BILDUNG IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION154

14. DEMET KURTOGLU TASDELEN THE ROLE OF CLOSED MORALITY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CROSSCULTURAL CONSENSUS 170

15. AIKATERINI LEFKA THE ANCIENT GREEK CONCEPT OF THE NATURALLY BEST HUMAN LIFE 178

16. PABLO LOPEZ LOPEZ CULTURE OF LOVE AND LOVE OF CULTURE 187

17. JOHN MICHAEL MCGUIRE DOES CRITICAL THINKING DESTROY CULTURE? 196

18. CATERINA REA EXISTENCE PERSONNELLE ET INSTITUTION SOCIAL-HISTORIQUE: UNE REFLEXION A' PARTIR DE C. CASTORIADIS 206

19. THOMAS M. ROBINSON TWO CULTURES 222

20. PETER SIMPSON GOD AND SOCRATES ON GLOBAL NON-GOVERNMENT 229

21. WONG, KWOK-KUI WHAT CAN CHINESE CULTURE MEAN FOR THE WEST? THE EXAMPLE OF HEGEL'S CRITICISM OF LAOZI 235

22. SHIGERU YONEZAWA JAPANESE AND GREEK CULTURE - A COMPARISON 241

INDEX OF NAMES 249

		PREFACE	9
1.	JAMES A. ANDREWS	POLITICAL REALISM, HELLENIC CULTURE AND THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE	11
2.	LINDA ARDITO	THE SCIENCE AND ART OF MUSIC: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES	25
3.	PORNTIPHA BANTOMSIN	BUDDHIST CULTURE IN TRANSITION: NO BOUNDARIES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST	35
4.	DANIEL REX BERNARD	THINKING CULTURE: THE PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNI- CATION OF AMERICAN CULTURAL IMPERIALISM	59
5.	NOEMî CALABUIG CA³ESTRO	OTTO WEININGER: FIGURE OF TRANSITION BETWEEN SCHOPENHAUER AND WITTGENSTEIN	68
6.	CHANG, DONG-MIN	AN INQUIRY INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF TAOISM	83
7.	PREDRAG CICOVACKI	THE DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION AND A SEARCH FOR A DIFFERENT VALUE SYSTEM	88
8.	JOSE CARLOS AVELINO DA SILVA	THE INSTRUMENT AND NATURE	101
9.	JUAN MANUEL FORTE	MULTICULTURALISM, CULTURE AND EQUALITY	112
10.	M. A. MAGDALENA GAJEWSKA	DEATH AS AN EMPTINESS, SYMBOL, METHAMORPHOSIS AND METAPHOR - ON THE MODERN CULTURE BACKGROUND	118
11.	MICHAEL HEYNS	COSMOPOLIS, COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE MULTICULTURAL SITUATION	123
12.	FILIP IVANOVIC	THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEK CULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION	134
13.	VASILIKI KARAVAKOU	BEYOND ABSOLUTISM AND RELATIVISM: THE FUTURE OF THE HEGELIAN IDEAL OF BILDUNG IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION154
14.	DEMET KURTOGLU TASDELEN	THE ROLE OF CLOSED MORALITY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CROSSCULTURAL CONSENSUS	170
15.	AIKATERINI LEFKA	THE ANCIENT GREEK CONCEPT OF THE NATURALLY BEST HUMAN LIFE	178
16.	PABLO LOPEZ LOPEZ	CULTURE OF LOVE AND LOVE OF CULTURE	187
17.	JOHN MICHAEL MCGUIRE	DOES CRITICAL THINKING DESTROY CULTURE?	196
18.	CATERINA REA	EXISTENCE PERSONNELLE ET INSTITUTION SOCIAL-HISTORIQUE: UNE REFLEXION A' PARTIR DE C. CASTORIADIS	206
19.	THOMAS M. ROBINSON	TWO CULTURES	222
20.	PETER SIMPSON	GOD AND SOCRATES ON GLOBAL NON-GOVERNMENT	229
21.	WONG, KWOK-KUI	WHAT CAN CHINESE CULTURE MEAN FOR THE WEST? THE EXAMPLE OF HEGEL'S CRITICISM OF LAOZI	235
22.	SHIGERU YONEZAWA	JAPANESE AND GREEK CULTURE - A COMPARISON	241
		INDEX OF NAMES	249