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Mall, Ram AdharKeywords
Sociology & anthropologyNews media, journalism, publishing
Philosophy
Philosophie
Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Kultursoziologie, Kunstsoziologie, Literatursoziologie
Philosophie, Theologie
interpersonelle Kommunikation
Interpersonal Communication
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
interkulturelle Kommunikation
Identität
Differenz
Hermeneutik
Philosophie
Verstehen
intercultural communication
identity
difference
hermeneutics
philosophy
understanding
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Die grundlegende These des Artikels lautet, dass weder eine totale Identität, noch eine radikale Differenz für das Verstehen oder die Kommunikation zwischen Kulturen, Philosophien etc. wesentlich ist. Identität und Differenz sind zentrale Fragen der Philosophie. Der Artikel schlägt eine Vermittlung der konträren Ansätze vor, indem die Logik der Überlappung jenseits einer Logik der Identität und Differenz eingeführt wird. Diese These untermauernd, wird das Konzept einer überlappenden Hermeneutik vorgestellt, die sowohl Wittgensteins These der Familienähnlichkeit als auch die Polyperspektivität der indischen Schule der Jaina Philosophie zum Vorbild hat. In einem zweiten Schritt wird das Konzept der analogischen Hermeneutik vorgestellt, das weder Identität noch Differenz beinhaltet, und somit eine unerlässliche Rolle für Kompromisse jenseits des totalen Konsens und der radikalen Differenz spielt. Eine solche Hermeneutik unterliegt der Überzeugung, dass der Wunsch zu verstehen und der Wunsch, verstanden zu werden, Hand in Hand gehen, und die zwei Seiten einer hermeneutischen Medaille repräsentieren. Die Frage lautet nicht, wie man Differenzen beseitigen kann, sondern wie man damit umgehen lernt. Am Ende werden abschließend tentative Imperative im Sinne einer interkulturell orientierten Philosophie formuliert.The central thesis here is the following: Neither the idea of total identity nor of radical difference is conducive to understanding nor communication among cultures, philosophies etc. The problem of identity and of difference has been a central question for philosophy. The paper proposes mediation between the two opposing camps by introducing the concept of a logic of overlaps beyond the logic of identity and difference. In order to substantiate this, the concept of an overlapping hermeneutics is introduced very much in the spirit of Wittgensteinian thesis of family resemblance and in the spirit of the polyperspectivism of the Indian school of Jaina philosophy. Another central concept, introduced here is the concept of an analogous hermeneutics, which essentializes neither identity nor difference, thus pleading for the vital role played by compromise beyond total consensus and radical dissens. Such a hermeneutics underlies the conviction that the desire to understand and the desire to be understood goes hand in hand and represent the two sides of the same hermeneutic coin. The question is not how to get rid of differences but how to deal with them. In the end a few tentative imperatives are formulated in the spirit of an intercultural oriented philosophy.
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2015-11-24Type
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http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/45422
http://www.interculture-journal.com/index.php/icj/article/view/209
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-454229
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