Book Launch
Civilizational Dialogue and World Order: The Other Politics of Culture, Religion, and Civilizations in International Relations
Edited by Michális S. Michael and Fabio Petito.
Since September 11, the idea of a civilizational dialogue has been the subject of numerous conferences and international meetings, but has received little attention by international relations and political theorists despite being frequently used as a rhetorical antithesis to the popularized thesis of the clash of civilizations.
By bringing together leading scholars from diverse disciplinary, political and civilizational perspectives, this volume responds to this lack of scholarly attention. It comes at a very critical moment in the debate on civilization to show how a different politics of identity, a politics of dialogue, can contribute to a more peaceful and just world order.
With contributions by:
Fred R Dallmayr, Ashis Nandy, Richard Shapcott, Phillip Darby, Toh Swee-Hin, Raffaele Marchetti, Manfred B. Steger, Chandra Muzaffar, Armando Salvatore, Michael T. Seigel, Zhang Longxi and Fabio Petito.
The book was launched by Professor Ghassan Hage, Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, Melbourne University at the Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria on 25 August 2009.
Ordering details are available at the Palgrave MacMillan website