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On the Universal - the Uniform, the Common and Dialogue Between Cultures
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Foreword
Itinerary
I. On the Universal
II. On the Uniform
III. On the Common
IV. From the advent of the State to the cosmo-political extension of the common
V. The other level: the universal as a logical category
of philosophy
VI. First encounter of the universal and the common:
Roman citizenship extended to the Empire
VII. Paul and the matter of going beyond all communitarianism in Christian universalism
VIII. Does the question of the universal arise in other cultures?
IX. Are there universal notions? A cultural universal having ideal status
X. On Human rights - the notion of universalising
XI. If it is neither synthesis nor denominator nor foundation, from where does the common arise?
XII. On ‘Cultures’: divergences of language - the resources of thought
XIII. To construct the dialogue between cultures to counter the surrounding uniformisation; human self-reflection

About the Author

Francois Jullien is professor at the Universit Paris-Diderotand a member of the Institut universitaire de France.

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"A valuable contribution to the field. The controversies heidentifies are only going to become more deep-set in ourincreasingly multi-polar world, and given the current geo-politicalclimate we need more than ever to agree on the role that universalHuman Rights may play in an increasingly globalised world." LSE Review of Books "Francois Jullien poses the question of dialogue betweencultures in a way altogether different from the loose talk thattends to surround this topic, re-examining, in an insightful andrigorous fashion, the problem of the universal an ambitionhardly surprising in an author who is both a philosopher and asinologist. If there is a problem, explains Jullien, it isbecause the universal that emblematic category of Westerncivilization, the source of its vitality for centuries continues to be challenged and to find itself in opposition to therights linked to the irreducible singularity of cultures ... Herewe find a rich and agile thought, harvesting new ideas fromphilosophical tradition, drawing on a detailed knowledge ofcultures and clearly interrogating the founding ideological momentsof European civilization." Etudes: Revue de culture contemporaine

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