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Politics of Perception: Cooperation with Religious Partners in International Cultural Relations
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
Abstract Politics needs to mediate between global concerns and local interests. In doing so it touches upon identities on various levels of individual, social and political identity formation. Culture and religion set implicit ways not only of interpreting but also of perceiving reality. This is how basic pa... mehr
Politics needs to mediate between global concerns and local interests. In doing so it touches upon identities on various levels of individual, social and political identity formation. Culture and religion set implicit ways not only of interpreting but also of perceiving reality. This is how basic patterns of identity are shaped. Politics needs to be aware, that there are fundamental differences between religious identities making cultural relations a highly reflective task. Identity is built up always in contrast to the “other”, this means that the “other” is both a challenge to and a necessary condition for one’s own identity indicating an interrelationship. Such interrelationships of identity formation can become the source for cooperation but also for fierce competition, depending on circumstances and the respectful or disrespectful acknowledgement of this mutuality. Religions set the final frame of reference in most diverse aspects of life due to their basic myths interpreting reality as a wholeness, and even if religion as an institution is rejected these frames are still working on an implicate level, shaping values and ways of perceiving and thinking. Therefore, political action needs to take into account these fundaments of perception in order to be effective, especially under a long-time perspective.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Politik; Dialog; Wahrnehmung; Identitätsbildung; Kooperation; kulturelle Beziehungen; internationale Organisation; Wert; Mythos; Friedenspolitik; Identität; Außenpolitik; Religion; internationale Beziehungen
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
religiöse Akteure; religiöse Identität; Bezugsrahmen; Standard
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Erscheinungsort
Stuttgart
Seitenangabe
11 S.
Schriftenreihe
ifa Input, 01/2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17901/AKBP2.01.2020
ISBN
978-3-948205-16-4
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0