Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism

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It is hard to exaggerate how wide ranging and free roaming this collection is. Its rich diversity is inspired by the example of its dedicatee, Edward Demenchonok, and his enduring fascination with Latin America. Across these pages readers encounter a panoply of figures from western philosophy, theology and literature, in addition to those from Latin American and Russian cultural traditions. With regard to the latter, appeals to Mikhail Bakhtin in particular recur. This volume models the intercultural and interdisciplinary engagement and dialogue it valorizes. It ends where it could just as easily begin, with a long and informative interview with Demenchonok. -- Ruth Abbey, Swinburne University In this cross-cultural and prescient book, Fred Dallmayr brings together prominent philosophers from different countries, united by their commitment to global peace and justice, to explore the conditions for what Edward Demenchonok calls a dialogical and transformative "new cosmopolitanism" as a viable alternative to both hegemonic militarized globalization and ethnocentric-fundamentalist fragmentation. It is a truly inspiring source of insights for anyone still trying to find grounds for hope in our deeply troubled world. -- Peimin Ni, author of Confucius: The Man and the Way of Gongfu This volume is a fascinating intellectual tour de force, an amazing dialogical encounter at multiple levels in the spirit of Dallmayr's dialogical vision of a new cosmopolitanism a venir: The occasion of a Festschriften celebrating the intellectual journey of Edward Demenchonok reveals to the reader the amazing -almost forgotten but still fertile-intercultural philosophical dialogue between Russian and Latin American thought and opens new cultural-political paths to be explored in search for a peaceful multicultural world order. -- Fabio Petito, University of Sussex These conversations with Edward Demenchonok have resulted in an impressive kaleidoscope of perspectives on intercultural dialogue and peace. This book is important reading for all who are concerned about the future of cosmopolitanism in a world that again risks being divided along ideological and sectarian lines. -- Hans Koechler, President, International Progress Organization