Intercultural Philosophy: An Experience of Thematization. (Book Review: Stepanyants, M.T. (2020) Mezhkul’turnaya Filosofiya: Istoki, Metodologiya, Problematika, Perspektivy [Intercultural Philosophy: Sources, Methodology, Problems, Prospects]. Moscow: Nauka – Vostochnaya Literatura. 183 p.)

Abstract

In the reviewed book, intercultural philosophy is considered as a development of comparative studies. Marietta Stepanyants shows that, in the framework of comparative studies, stable stereotypes of perceiving the cultures of the West and the East have developed. Intercultural philosophy as an alternative to Westcentrism proceeds from the recognition of the equality of cultural and philosophical traditions and of the possibility to convert categories into another conceptual language. Intercultural philosophy embodies the protest potential of modern culture and the origins of a new civilization project.