Hinterlands and Horizons
Excursions in Search of Amity
Margaret Chatterjee's new work Hinterlands and Horizons--a collection of nine phenomenological essays ranging across cultures and time periods--studies the historical and cultural evolution of the idea of amity and the concomitant concepts of fraternity, friendship, and tolerance. The work starts with the Enlightenment's idea of fraternity and its destruction during the fratricide of the French Terror. It includes chapters focusing upon the encounters between colonizers and missionaries, the impact of the Holocaust on the search for amity, the prospect for amity in contemporary multiculturalism, and the potential of religion to deepen the exp…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7391-0397-5
- EAN: 9780739103975
- Produktnummer: 8026408
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 156 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.3 cm 389 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 389
Über den Autor
Margaret Chatterjee has taught at Delhi, Calgary, and Oxford universities. She is the author of a number of books including Studies in Modern Jewish and Hindu Thought (1997).
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