Deep Encounters : Steps Toward Dissolving the 21st Century Mystery and Discovering the Truly Global Learner

Hattori, Eiji; Gray, Wallace

ISBN 10: 0761845860 / ISBN 13: 9780761845867

Published by University Press of America, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deep Encounters : Steps Toward Dissolving the 21st Century Mystery and Discovering the Truly Global Learner
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761845860
• ISBN 13: 9780761845867
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book, translated into English from Japanese and revised, argues that cultural diversity is a treasure for humanity, and we must realize that it is a necessary condition for a fully human existence. By realizing the deep connectedness of all human beings, we send a positive message to humanity.

About the Author

Eiji Hattori studied philosophy at Kyoto University and the Sorbonne before a career at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Hattori organized two large symposia with UNESCO on "cultural diversity and transversal values" in Paris and Tokyo. He participated in Japanese-Islamic dialogues in Tehran (2005), Tokyo (2007), and Riyadh (2008). Gray translated and edited his book Letters from the Silk Roads (University Press of America, 2000). Deep Encounters is the offspring of that successful collaboration.
Wallace Gray, Ph.D., a philosopher and comparativist, has lived and taught in Japan. He has published translations of correspondence with ordinary Japanese citizens, dialogues involving his graduate school professor, Nels Ferré, as well as contemporaries such as Billy Graham and Paul Tillich, and contributions to John C. Plott's Global History of Philosophy series. Gray has done considerable research on Toyohiko Kagawa and the "new religion" Oomoto.