Global Society and Human Rights

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Copyright

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Dedication

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Contents

pp.：  7 – 10

Acknowledgments

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1. Introduction

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1. Preface

pp.：  13 – 13

2. The structure of the Universe and the Shape of the Earth, or Imago Mundi

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3. The Conflict of World-Images and the Identity of Europe

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2. Knowledge Transmission and Universality of Man in Global Society

pp.：  23 – 42

1. Introduction

pp.：  23 – 23

2. The Universality of Man: The Evolving Process in the Greek and Roman World

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3. The Universal Mission of Islam and the Selective Reception of Greek Knowledge

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4. Modernity and Global Society

pp.：  35 – 38

5. Global Society as the Field for the Realization of Man’s Universality

pp.：  39 – 42

3. The Other and the Paradoxes of Universalism

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1. Cultural Patterns and the Status of the Other

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2. Main Models of ‘I-Other’ Relationships

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3. We, Humanity; They, the Barbarians

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3.1. The Persian Model, or the Irrelevance of the Other

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3.2. The Other as a Product of the Same, or the Enemy within

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4. Universalism and Brotherhood

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4.1. The Stoic and Jewish-Christian Models

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4.2. Variations on the Theme of Universality of Man and Universal Brotherhood

pp.：  48 – 49

5. The Status of the Other in Contemporary Society

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6. The Internal Paradox of the I-Other Relationship

pp.：  51 – 58

6.1. The Structural Paradox. Global Society vs. Nation-State

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6.2. The Economic Paradox. Certain Benefits and Possible Conflicts

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6.3. The Cultural Paradox. The Conflict over Identity

pp.：  55 – 58

4. Religion, Human Rights and Political Conflicts

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1. The Destruction of the Twin Towers – a Clash of Civilizations?

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2. Many Modernizations in the Era of Globalization

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3. The Transformation of War

pp.：  66 – 68

4. Religion and Just war

pp.：  69 – 80

4.1. In the Name of Allah

pp.：  71 – 74

4.2. ‘Civil Religion’ as Legitimisation of ‘Just War’

pp.：  75 – 80

5. The Meaning of 11 September 2001

pp.：  81 – 82

5. Europe: Common Values and a Common Identity

pp.：  83 – 92

1. Preface

pp.：  83 – 83

2. The Religious Foundations of the Value of the Individual

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3. The Rational Foundation of the Value of the Individual

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4. Religion and Secularization

pp.：  86 – 87

5. The Tensions and the Aberrations of Secularization

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6. Human Rights and European Identity

pp.：  89 – 92

6. The Public Sphere and Political Space

pp.：  93 – 112

1. The Bourgeois Public Sphere

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2. The Complex History of the Public/Private Dichotomy

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3. The Many Shapes of the Public Sphere

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4. Human Rights and the Public Sphere

pp.：  103 – 106

5. Cultural Pluralism and the Public Sphere

pp.：  107 – 109

6. Religion and Politics

pp.：  110 – 112

7. America and Europe: Carl Schmitt and Alexis De Tocqueville

pp.：  113 – 136

1. Two Nostalgic Points of View

pp.：  113 – 114

2. Jus Publicum Europaeum as Nomos of the Global World

pp.：  115 – 123

2.1. The Nomos of the Earth

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2.2. The First Spatial Revolution and the New Unique World

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2.3. The Jus Publicum Europaeum

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2.4. The Crisis of Jus Publicum Europaeum and American Imperialism

pp.：  120 – 123

3. America Envisages the Destiny of Europe

pp.：  124 – 136

3.1. A Fresh Glance at Society

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3.2. In America There is No Recollection of Class Division

pp.：  127 – 132

3.3. Conclusion

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8. Identity and Human Rights: A Glance at Europe from Afar

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1. Introduction

pp.：  137 – 139

2. Removing the Dust Sheets. The African Renaissance

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2.1. The Question of Rationality and Humanity

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2.2. Societies, Democracy, Human Rights

pp.：  144 – 148

3. Provincializing Europe

pp.：  149 – 154

4. World Government and the Neo-Confucian Perspective

pp.：  155 – 158

5. Europe: Between Fascination and Rejection

pp.：  159 – 162

9. Human Rights, Universalism and Cosmopolitanism

pp.：  163 – 176

Bibliography

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Index of Names

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