This book explores the constitutive role alterity plays in identity formation in Western and Eastern traditions. It examines the significance of difference in c

Identity and difference (or sameness and otherness) are contrasting but interrelated terms that have played an explicit role in the development of Western philo

This title was first published in 2003. Can difference be subordinated to identity, simplicity or diversity? Or does it make a difference to the entire way in w

Humans are unique in their ability to reflect on themselves. Recently a number of scholars have pointed out that human self-conceptions have a history. Ideas of

This book deals with the intellectual aspects of having diverse religious expressions in proximity and the socio-political consequences. It provides a multi-dis