{"product_id":"the-challenges-of-globalization-isbn-9781405173568","title":"The Challenges of Globalization","description":"This volume contains eleven essays dealing with the question of how to face the current challenges of globalization.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe essays included in this volume were originally presented at the Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland, on the occasion of the Sixth World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents Keynote addresses or prize-winning papers from the Congress\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCentral theme explores the need to rethink our concepts of nature, culture, and freedom in an age of increased globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTopics examined range from global justice, international law, and human rights to ecoterrorism, cultural relativism, and the challenges of autonomy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduced by Steven V. Hicks, past President of the ISUD, who discusses the issues of cultural conflict and crisis in the aftermath of Nietzsche's philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface and Acknowledgments (\u003ci\u003eSteven V. Hicks and Daniel E. Shannon, Editors\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003cp\u003eEditorial Introduction: Rethinking Nature, Culture, and Freedom (\u003ci\u003eSteven V. Hicks\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 From a State of War to Perpetual Peace (\u003ci\u003eEdward Demenchonok\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Discourse Ethics, Democracy, and International Law: Toward a Globalization of Practical Reason (\u003ci\u003eKarl-Otto Apel\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Rethinking Global Justice from the Perspective of All Living Nature and What Difference it Makes (\u003ci\u003eJames P. Sterba\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Human Rights, Global Justice, and Disaggregated States: John Rawls, Onora O'Neill, and Anne-Marie Slaughter (\u003ci\u003eAlyssa R. Bernstein\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Beyond Intrinsic Value: Undermining the Justification of Ecoterrorism (\u003ci\u003eCharles S. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Does Kant Have Anything to Teach Us about Environmental Ethics? (\u003ci\u003eMarc Lucht\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A Cultural Critique of Cultural Relativism (\u003ci\u003eXiaorong Li\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Culture, Evil, and Horror (\u003ci\u003ePaul Santilli\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Persons: Natural, Functional, or Ethical Kind? (\u003ci\u003eJohn P. Lizza\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Subject of Freedom at the End of History: Socialism Beyond Humanism (\u003ci\u003eJohn Sanbonmatsu\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 A Rediscovery of Heaven-and-Human Oneness (\u003ci\u003eKeping Wang\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e  “Most any student of globalization and social theory will want this book on his or her shelf.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In light of the serious problems that humanity faces… [this book] sets the ideal stage for reconsidering our concepts … and for seeking pragmatic solutions.”\u003cbr\u003e 123jump.com\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteven V. Hicks\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Queens College of the City University of New York. He is the author of numerous articles on Hegel, Nietzsche, and 19th-century German philosophy and literature. His books include \u003ci\u003eInternational Law and the Possibility of a Just World Order\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eMythos and Logos: How to Regain the Love of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eReading Nietzsche at the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming 2007). He has served on the board of editorial consultants for the \u003ci\u003eHistory of Philosophy Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e (2001–2004), and he is currently the editor of the special book series \u003ci\u003eUniversal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e of Editions Rodopi. From 2003–2005 he served as president of the ISUD. An earlier version of this essay was presented as the Presidential Address at the inaugural session of the ISUD Sixth World Congress, University of Helsinki, Finland, July 15, 2005. This volume contains eleven essays dealing with the question of how to face the current challenges of globalization. These essays examine topics ranging from global justice, international law, and human rights to ecoterrorism, cultural relativism, and the challenges of autonomy. Many of the essays included here discuss how a comprehensive ethical action is necessary in order to overcome repressive social, political, and cultural obstacles. Most of the essays in this volume were selected from the 2005 Sixth World Congress of the ISUD (International Society for Universal Dialogue) held in Helsinki, Finland. The volume is introduced by Steven V. Hicks, past President of the ISUD, who discusses the issues of cultural conflict and crisis in the aftermath of Nietzsche's philosophy.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990183756005,"sku":"NP9781405173568","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405173568.jpg?v=1761786825","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-challenges-of-globalization-isbn-9781405173568","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}