Achieving Our World

Fred Dallmayr is Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame.

• Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Globalization and Democracy Chapter 4 Globalization: Curse or Promise? Chapter 5 Global Governance and Cultural Diversity: Toward a Cosmopolitan Democracy Chapter 6 "Asian Values" and Global Human Rights: Tensions and Convergences Chapter 7 Beyond Fugitive Democracy: Some Modern and Postmodern Reflections Chapter 8 Achieving Our World Democratically: A Response to Richard Rorty Part 9 Variations on Self-Other Relations Chapter 10 Transversal Encounters: Calvin Schrag and Postmodernity Chapter 11 Border Crossings: Bernhard Waldenfels on Dialogue Chapter 12 Distancing the Other: Jacques Derrida on Friendship Chapter 13 Oneself as Another: Paul Ricoeur's "Little Ethics" Chapter 14 Resisting Totalizing Uniformity: Martin Heidegger on Machenshaft Chapter 15 Concluding Remarks

Achieving Our World is vintage Dallmayr. By this I mean that the book is first a clear and succinct overview of a cluster of literature on a critical issue—in this case it is Globalization and the problem of self-identity—and second, it navigates the precarious waters that run between theory and practice. Dallmayr has been and continues to be in the rare company of such thinkers as Anthony Giddens and Richard Bernstein in his ability to survey and present vast bodies of material in a way that is clear, critical, and timely and then take that survey to a develop a position. Thus, the work functions well on two levels: as a critical survey of important literature and as a further development of Dallmayr's own position within this complex of discussions. He achieves both of these in a style and language that will allow the book to be of interest to specialists and generalists alike.