Intercultural Encounter in the Age of Hybridity

Abstract

This essay suggestions engages with Nelson’s conception of intercultural philosophy and argues for the following additions: (1) the role of the imagination in the Sino-German philosophical encounter and (2) the need to selfcritically question the extent to which the models of intercultural understanding developed a century ago can be relevant given the contemporary situation. In particular, the challenge of increasing forms of cultural hybridity for intercultural hermeneutics will be highlighted. The conclusion of this essay will briefly draw on Karl Löwith, who has anticipated the task of rethinking the challenge of the East-West entanglement of cultural traditions in his reflections on Japanese modernity.