On the universal, the uniform, the common and dialogue between cultures
By: Francois Jullien ; translated by MIchael Richardson and Krzysztof Fijalkowski
Contributors: Richardson, Michael, 1953- translator; Fijałkowski, Krzysztof, translator
Edition: English edition.
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780745646220; 9780745646237
Subjects: Universals (Philosophy); Philosophy; Civilization; Ethnic relations; Intercultural communication
Notes: Originally published as De l'universel, de l'uniforme, du commun et du dialogue entre les cultures in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index.
Table of contents: title: On the universal; title: On the uniform; title: On the common; title: From the advent of the state to the cosmo-political extension of the common; title: The other level: the universal as a logical category of philosophy; title: First encounter of the universal and the common: Roman citizenship extended to the empire; title: Paul and the matter of going beyond all communitarianism in Christian universalism; title: Does the question of the universal arise in other cultures?; title: Are there universal notions?: a cultural universal having ideal status; title: On human rights: the notion of universalizing; title: From where is the common derived if it is neither synthesis, denominator nor foundation?; title: On 'cultures': divergences of language, the resources of thought; title: Constructing the dialogue between cultures to counter the surrounding uniformization; human self-reflection.