Die Redundanz von „interkulturell“

Zur selbstauferlegten Grenze interkulturellen Philosophierens

Abstract

The following consideration examines the possibility of declaring the adjective interculturally redundant for a contemporary philosophy. The consideration comes to the conclusion that this is not yet necessary, since the conflict to which interculturality refers has not yet been pacified, and that this is the basis for an active intercultural philosophising. Such an attitude means an attitude that cannot be ignored, such as has ever accompanied (intercultural) philosophising and indicates its self-imposed limits. The following is based on the considerations on intercultural philosophy presented so far, in order to be able to take a common ground of intercultural philosophy as a starting point and goal: Intercultural philosophising is of a self-transformative character. Self-transformation in the sense of cultivating an attitude which, through reflexive-meditative exercise, advances to active knowledge and knowing action. Intercultural thinking still faces great challenges. The conflicts of our time, the questions of living together in a globalising world, migratory movements and the question of culture and education demand reception and response, which revolves decisively around dealing with difference. To address this question is the task of (intercultural) philosophy. Therefore, contemporary philosophy also faces the challenge of being intercultural and thinking interculturally.