The overall goal of the thesis was to show how our self-understanding and the understanding of the other is determined by societal discourses, which are inspiring to us. Of course, many other contextual factors play a role in self-understanding and understanding the other, but we deliberately choose to emphasis mainly the discursive aspect, acknowledging nevertheless the significance of this contextual embedding of people. While taking this discursive road we opted moreover for a very broad perspective, starting with the broadest delineation possible; the world encounters different cultures have. We defined these world encounters as the interplay of world-intuitions, worldviews, cosmopraxis and materialisations.
The Western worldview: meaningfulness, self-understanding and under-standing the Ayamara-other
Note, N. ((PhD) Student), Van Den Braembussche, A. (Promotor), Burms, A. (Co-promotor), Van Den Bossche, M. (Co-promotor), D'Hooghe, B. (Co-promotor). 27 sep. 2007
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis