Eurocentrism beyond the ‘universalism vs. particularism’ dilemma
Habermas and Derrida’s joint plea for a new Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12221007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marianna Papastephanou (0000-0002-7304-9249, University of Cyprus, Cyprus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 142-166 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of the Human Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-6951 • E-ISSN: 1461-720X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0952695111422317 |
| PMID | 27656721 |
| OpenAlex | W2102574888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
[[cosmopolitanismexpansionismidealismparticularismUNuniversalism ]] Is it Eurocentric on the part of western philosophers (Habermas, Derrida) or of researchers in human sciences to set out from a specific locality (Europe) to formulate ethico-political ideals with universal aspirations? In this article, I critique the ‘universalism vs. particularism’ framework within which the charge of Eurocentrism is deployed and I redefine the notion of Eurocentrism outside the drastic choice between universalism and particularism and in light of an ‘ec-centric’ reflection on the entanglement of the ‘We’ and the ‘others’. I illustrate my position by discussing the Habermasian–Derridean plea for the determination of new European political responsibilities beyond any Eurocentrism. I grant that the two philosophers go indeed beyond Eurocentrism as the latter is usually understood, i.e. along the axis ‘universal–particular’. Yet, without minimizing their political contribution, I detect subtler Eurocentrisms that pervade several assumptions of Habermas’s and Derrida’s collaborative efforts. I argue that a hasty enlisting of possibilities for a politically and morally pertinent European intervention in world affairs fails to account for other, more necessary steps in the direction of reforming the western consciousness and of going beyond less easily discernible Eurocentrisms such as those theorized within the proposed, reformulated notion
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |