Intercultural Understanding After Wittgenstein

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This volume addresses, from a Wittgensteinian perspective, the philosophical question of how to understand other cultures. In so doing, it brings into conversation Wittgensteinian and other cultural philosophical traditions, stemming notably from Japan, China, Africa and India.

The book is therefore is not just about intercultural understanding, but also brings together, under the umbrella of Wittgensteinian philosophy, a plurality of cultural voices and philosophical cultures, and sets out to develop an approach to the question of intercultural understanding that emphasises the connection between its epistemological, ethical and political aspects.

We propose that the Wittgensteinian tradition spanning not only Wittgensteins own corpus, but also the work of other prominent and up-and-coming philosophers directly influenced by Wittgenstein is ideally suited to this task, insofar as it is already fully versant with the two central notions at play: the notion of culture and that of understanding.

The book is divided into two parts, each of which includes six papers. Part I presents a series of new proposals on how best to model intercultural understanding. Part II examines a new set of challenges to intercultural understanding, stemming from relativism, the philosophy of disagreement and the problem of cultural othering, amongst others. The contributions to this volume build on this wealth of Wittgensteinian strategies and methodologies to develop an imaginative, fresh portfolio of philosophical responses to the intercultural question, as well as strategies for addressing the special challenges it poses.

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"Along with its rich insights into intercultural understanding, this volume contains some of the most original and important essays on Wittgensteins philosophy, and its relevance to understanding others, that I have read in a long time. A fascinating and deeply rewarding read" Prof. Danile Moyal-Sharrock, University of Hertfordshire; President of the British Wittgenstein Society.

Wittgensteins thought, so important for philosophers, cultural theorists and anthropologists, offers a platform for investigating ways we find meaning in the everyday whirl of organisms, societies and forms of life. Stepping off from here, this volume creatively explores new ways of looking at intercultural understanding: how we may expand and re-translate our own lives through encounters with others" Juliet Floyd Professor of Philosophy, Boston University.

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Carla Carmona teaches Theory of Dialogue and Interculturality, East Asian Aesthetics and Epistemology at the University of Seville. She has specialized in social epistemology and the philosophy of Wittgenstein.

David Prez-Chico is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Zaragoza (Spain) since 2006. His research focuses mainly on Wittgenstein, Stanley Cavell, Ernest Sosa, Ordinary Language Philosophy, Epistemology and on the intersection of Philosophy and Film. He has edited a good number of volumes and papers on those topics.

Chon Tejedor is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Valencia, Spain since 2017, having previously been Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire for four years and Lecturer at the University of Oxford for twelve, in the United Kingdom. She works on Wittgenstein, epistemology and ethics.