POLS 4200 Chapter Notes -Interfaith Dialogue, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Postgraduate Education
13 Oct 2013
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Dealing with difference: problems and possibilities for dialogue in international. Religious scholar abraham heschel sought inter-faith dialogue to promote and develop respect for all religious traditions and to manifest a greater appreciation of religious traditions that would generate discussion or dialogue. True dialogue can only begin when there is more than one voice and, i would add, when there is mutual respect across geographical and methodological boundaries when communication is among equal conversational partners . Author wants to challenge the predominance of us centrality in ir by drawing upon postcolonial and feminist literature, and offering suggestions as to how ir can be built on a more global foundation. Draws upon the teachings of waever in that post colonialism and feminism have been historically significant in forming epistemological perspectives. For example waever describes ir as a us-dominated social science that rarely considers or engages other views outside the mainstream.
