Proceedings of the international symposium cultural diversity and globalization : the Arab-Japanese experience a cross-regional dialogue : 6-7 May 2004
Publication details: Paris : Unesco. Division of Cultural Policies and International Dialogue, 2005Description: 169 pSummary: The respect for cultural diversity, challenged by globalization at present, is a direct consequence of the reflection on the process of modernization. This process can be studied from its historical manifestations, and particularly since the nineteenth century. Cultural diversity, which enables us to consider modernization in a new light, has forcefully erupted on the contemporary scene generating a sort of “cultural panic”, conducive to “returning to one’s roots” at the risk of proliferating various forms of fundamentalism. However, cultural diversity can also be seen as an opportunity for fertile dialogue and unprecedented access to the world’s cultural richness. To take full advantage of this richness, it has become necessary to make a firm commitment in favour of intercultural dialogue. Such dialogue must take into account not only the historical roots of each culture but also an updated analysis of the past and present aspirations of individuals and groups. Conceived to promote dialogue between the Arab world and Japan, the symposium on “Cultural Diversity and Globalization: the Arab-Japanese Experience, a Cross-Regional Dialogue”, provided a framework for fruitful exchanges in order to highlight the shared experiences between two regions apparently worlds apart culturally and geographically but historically comparable. Thus, the principal objective of the symposium was to identify modernization in terms of openness towards other cultures and as a unifying process bringing together people from two distinctive cultures. Indeed, it was this modernization process that shaped fundamental evolutions − sometimes convergent, sometimes divergent − in Japan as well as in the Arab world. In both cases, modernization has been analysed as a process of “critical receptiveness” towards inputs from different cultures. The modus operandi of this process − success, failures or conflicts − were examined with a view to highlighting exogenous and endogenous limitations and to identifying material and symbolic obstacles. (Font: Editor)| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Tít. a la cob.: Dialogue : cultural diversity and globalization : the Arab-Japanese experience
Preface ; Welcoming address / Koïchiro Matsuura ; Address / Atsuko Toyama ; Address / Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan ; Address / Teiichi Sato -- Session 1. Sharing the experience: Modernization in Japan and the Arab World: Introduction ; Modernization and National Traditions of Scientific Research / Roshdi Rashed ; Towards a dialogue between a Japanese Historian of Science and Arabs / Shigeru Nakayama ; The Modernization of Egypt in the Nineteenth Century / Pascal Crozet ; Sharing Modernity: Japan and the Arab World / Burhan Ghalion ; Cultural Diversity and Modernization : For a Cross-Regional Dialogue / Said Al-Kitani -- Illustrations -- Sessions 2. Exploring the Common Goal: Sustaining Cultural Diversity: Introduction ; Globalization, Cultural Diversity and Japanese Culture : For the Development of a Multicultural World / Tamotsu Aoki ; Managing Cultural Diversity : from Preservation to Advocacy / Abdelmalek Mansour Hassan ; Japan, the Arab Countries and Cultural Diversity / Bassa Tayara ; Between Tolerance and Intolerance : How Can we Achieve Cultural Pluralism with Muslims? / Masanori Naito ; Methodological Cosmopolitanism : How to Maintain Cultural Diversity despite Economic and Cultural Globalization? / Hans-Georg Soeffner -- Session 3. New Avenues to Promote Intercultural Dialogue: Introduction ; Cultural Diversity and Dialogue: An interface / Katérina Stenou ; Another Culture of Dialogue / Toshiaki Kozakaï ; Epistemology of intercultural Dialogue / Ghassan Salamé ; A Real Dialogue for Peace / Hisae Nakanishi ; Arab-Japanese Dialogue / Suhail K. Shuhaiber ; Literary Intercultural Connections: from the Tale of the Coconut Tree to the Shadow of the Haiku / Waciny Laredj -- Special Event: "The Brush and the World: A Dialogue between Two Calligraphers" / Hassan Massoudy (Iraq), Shingaï Tanaka (Japan) -- Closing Address; Address / Seiichi Kondo ; Address / Abdulrazzak Al-Nafisi -- Final communiqué
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