Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Philosophie e.V.

Intercultural philosophy is essentially a stance taken in order to prevent any particular cultural form from assuming an absolute position.

The meeting of different cultures, religions and philosophies calls for an intensive and qualified discourse on the part of all concerned. The purpose of the SIP is the study of philosophy from a cultural and intercultural point of view beyond any centrisms, whether European, Asian, African or Latin American. Furthermore the society promotes intercultural understanding by way of a philosophy that

seeks to be both: a way of thought as well as a way of life. In order to achieve this goal, the SIP is guided by the attitude that the philosophia perennis is the exclusive possession of no one. The society proclaims as its motto: a desire to understand and a desire to be understood are the two faces of the same hermeneutic coin. The society rejects the fiction (intellectually oriented by the philosophy of identity) of cultures, philosophies and religions to be totally commensurable. Just as much, the SIP is against the overstated thesis of dissimilarity. Instead, the society affirms, seeks and finds overlappings which make communication possible in the first place. The otherness of the other is attainable without reducing or neglecting it. The modern/postmodern debate, thus loses its sting. Interculturality neither means representation of any one particular culture nor a syncretism of cultures and philosophies. Intercultural philosophy has nothing to do with a ravingly romantic interest of the dilletant for things Non-European. And then, intercultural philosophy is not merely a reaction nor a remedial measure considering the de facto pluralistic situation of philosophical conventions in today,s world context. Methodologically speaking, no conceptual or terminological system shall unnecessarily be privileged. Intercultural philosophy takes into consideration the new global, hermeneutic situation of a renewed dialogue between Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe and thus encourages free discourse. A vital requirement for a hermeneutic of intercultural philosophy is a theory which neither conceives of the world nor of categories, methods, concepts or view points as apriori universally valid, unchanging entities. To be sure, translation, no matter what kind, is always problematic. This is generally true, whether going from Greek into Latin or whether translating Indian-Buddhistic texts into Chinese or Japanese. Yet, realms of language or culture are not impenetrable monads. All translation naturally involves some kind of hermeneutic act whereby intention and metonym are discovered which form the basis of all overlappings in the interchange of names and words. Hence, an inter- as well as intracultural concurrence of ideas has been achieved. Though metonymy as a figure of speech depends on language, it is by no means entirely at its disposal. Beyond the hermeneutics of total identity and difference, the intercultural philosophy pleads for an analogous hermeneutics which emphasizes the role played by overlappings and regards them as the real seat of cultural universals. Intercultural philosophy as we approach it, will not turn the foreign or strange into some sort of echo of mine; it rather conceives intercultural hermeneutics as a path on which to wander is one of its fundamental elements as well as it is its most sublime goal; yet, intercultural philosophy is spiritual practice mediating between anthropology and hermeneutics. The essential task of intercultural philosophy is the cultivation of the insight into the epistemological, methodological, metaphysical, ethical, moral and religious modesty of one,s own approach to the one regulative ideal under different names. One who defines the truth in terms of one,s own tradition and the latter in terms of the former mistakes the truth of the tradition with the truth in the tradition and thus misses the inner culture of interculturality. The Society of Intercultural Philosophy (registered office in Cologne) holds conferences, congresses and publishes a thematically oriented volume (annually, Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam) in its series entitled: Studien zur Interkulturellen Philosophie - Studies in Intercultural Philosophy - Etudes de philosophie interculturelle.

28/01/2026

Call for Papers for the next ENOJP annual conference

𝐔𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲

September 4th-6th 2026 (Akita, JP)
Deadline for submissions: 31st March 2026
Submission form: https://forms.gle/7GsgYNvS4da5VTTQ8

Over the past decade, there has been a general shift away from globalization as a universal framework and from the idea of a single, linear narrative of modernity or progress. In philosophical thought, we see this move from a grand narrative of Western rationality to plural traditions of thought and multiple modernities. Although philosophy as an academic discipline has become more diverse, acknowledging world philosophies (such as African, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean thought) as legitimate ways of doing “philosophy”, not all philosophies have been represented equally. In terms of Japanese philosophy, Nishida Kitarō and the Kyoto School have become popular through their connection to continental philosophy, but other, equally important perspectives of Japanese philosophy have received less representation and exposure. With this in mind, the intention of this conference is to raise awareness of lesser known Japanese philosophical perspectives within European scholarship. We particularly welcome, and will prioritize panels and individual presentations on
- indigenous cultural practices and philosophies (Ainu and Ryukyu)
- studies on non-human beings (animals and nature)
- pre-modern Japanese philosophies (Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto)

Keynote Speakers :
Prof. Hans Peter LIEDERBACH (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Prof. KONO Tetsuya (Rikkyo University)
Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous Japanese Cultural Practices:
Prof. CHIBA Kaeko (Akita International University)

The official languages of the conference are English and Japanese.
We encourage in any case to prepare powerpoint slides with English bullet points and for presentations in Japanese we will allocate a bilingual chair person to translate questions and answers from attendees and presenters.

Any general questions about the conference can be directed here: [email protected]

17/12/2025

Miki Kiyoshi Memorial Lecture by Prof. Yuk Hui

11/12/2025

07/11/2025

Sa. 8. November um 19 Uhr
PalmArtPress, Pfalzburger Str. 69, 10719 Berlin

Eva Koethen und Dagmar Dotting
„Nulli concedo – Homo per se“
Bilder und Texte im westöstlichen Zwischenraum

Johannes Balve
Schwebungen
Haiku- und Tanka-Dichtungen

Begleitende Ausstellung:
Eva Koethen und Walter Yu
Eva Koethen und Dagmar Dotting eröffnen mit „Nulli concedo – Homo per se“einen vielstimmigen Raum zwischen Philosophie, Kunst und Existenz. Ein Dialog, der sich im Denken spiegelt und im Sehen verdichtet.

Johannes Balve liest aus „Schwebungen“ – Haiku- und Tanka-Dichtungen,begleitet von den Tuschezeichnungen René Bölls. Worte werden zu Atem, Stille zu Bedeutung.

Gleichzeitig öffnet sich die Vernissage der Bilder von Eva Koethen und Walter Yu – Farb- und Formenräume, in denen das Unsichtbare sichtbar wird.

Ein Abend der Übergänge – Momentaufnahmen des Verbindenden.
für Ihr geistiges & leibliches Wohl wird gesorgt 15 EUR
Anmeldung ist gewünscht
Kurzentschlossene sind auch gerne Willkommen

23/01/2024

Epistemische Gewalt
Wiener Forum interkulturellen Philosophierens

Programm

Freitag 16.2.2024
9:00 Begrüßung: Anke Graneß, Hans Schelkshorn

9:20 Claudia Brunner
Ungerechtigkeit, Unterdrückung oder doch Gewalt?
Feministische Konzeptionen der epistemischen Grundlagen globaler sozialer Verhältnisse

Statements Nausikaa Schirilla, Hans Schelkshorn
Epistemische Gewalt und interkulturelle Philosophie

Diskussion

12:30 Mittagspause

14:00 Divya Dwivedi (online-Vortrag und Diskussion in Englisch)
The evasive racism of caste – and the homological power for the ‚aryan‘ doctrine.

15:30 Pause

16:00 Barbara Schellhammer
Philosophieren mit indigenen Menschen in Kanada – Ein Tanz auf dünnem Eis?

17:15 Christina Korak
Epistemic Defiance aus dem Territorium – Übersetzen und Dolmetschen als
politisches Werkzeug der Waorani-Frauen Ecuadors

18:30 Pause

18:45 Jubiläumsfeier – 25 Jahre Polylog

19:30 Abendessen

Samstag, 17.2.2024
9:30 Sonja Riegler
Epistemologien der Ignoranz – ein funktionalistischer Ansatz

10:30 Pause

10:45 Antje Schnarr
Über (Nicht-)Wahrnehmung in Wissens- und Gesellschaftsordnungen.
Rancière im Licht dekolonialer Kritik

11:45 Mittagspause

13:15 Ľubomír Dunaj
Rescuing postcoloniality from postcolonialism. Zur Arnasons Problematisierung
der undifferenzierten Kritik des Eurozentrismus

14:15 Pause

14:30 Hannah Schey
Kritik einer kolonialen Vernunft. Über Kants Rassismus hinaus

15:30 Schlussdiskussion

Referent:innen
Claudia Brunner, Professorin am Zentrum für Friedensforschung und Friedensbildung am Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsforschung der Universität Klagenfurt.

Ľubomír Dunaj, Universitätsassistent am Institut für Philosophie an der Universität Wien und Research Fellow am Institut für Philosophie an der Tschechischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Prag.

Divya Dwivedi, Associate Professor für Literatur und Philosophie am Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Indien).

Christina Korak, Dolmetscherin für Migrant:innen und PostDoc-Forscherin am Institut für Translationswissenschaft der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz mit dem Projekt „Towards a Cosmovision Turn - Challenging Basic Translation Theory“, seit 2023 stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Lateinamerikaforschung (LAF).

Sonja Riegler, Sonja Riegler forscht im Rahmen ihrer Doktorarbeit an der Universität Wien zu der Frage, welche Rolle Ignoranz und Nichtwissen in aktuellen politischen und wissenschaftlichen Diskursen spielen.

Barbara Schellhammer, Professorin für Intercultural Social Transformation, Leiterin des Zentrums für Globale Fragen (ZGF) an der Hochschule für Philosophie München

Hans Schelkshorn, Vorstand des Instituts für interkulturelle Religionsphilosophie an der Universität Wien.

Hannah Schey, studiert (Geschichte der) Philosophie im Master an der Universität Freiburg und arbeitet dort als wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Arbeitsbereich für Klassische deutsche Philosophie und ihre Folgen.

Nausikaa Schirilla, em. Professorin für Migration und Soziale Arbeit an der Kath. Hochschule Freiburg i.Br.

Antje Schnarr, studierte in Hildesheim Philosophie und promoviert nun an der Universität Duisburg-Essen zu epistemischer Gewalt und den Auswirkungen auf politisch-gesellschaftliche Teilhabe.

08/01/2024

KU-UZH Joint Workshop
Myth in Theory and Practice:
Philosophical vs: Historical Perspectives
January 10-12, 2024 University of Kyoto Rakuyūkaikan/楽友会館

Organized by Raji Steineck (University of Zurich) and Fernando Wirtz
(University of Kyoto)

Wednesday January 10: Theory (Rakuyukaikan, 2F, room 1)
12:00-12:15 Introduction/Wirtz, Steineck
12:15-13:10 Miki Kiyoshi/ Daniel Schley
13:10-14:10 Lunch
14:10-15:05 Myth and Critical Theory/Kazuma Omura
15:05-16:00 Isobe Tadamasa and Kōsaka Masaaki/ Fernando Wirtz
16:00-17:00 Nish*tani and Bultmann/Tobias Bartneck

Thursday January 11: Praxis (Rakuyukaikan, 1F, room 1)
9:00-9:55 Myth as Symbolic Form/Raji Steineck
9:55-10:50 Medieval Myth/Sebastian Balmes
10:50-11:15 Break
11:15-12:10 Modern Myth/Sarah Schmid
12:10-13:30 Historical Locations of Mythology through Japanese
History/Isomae Jun’ichi
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00-17:00 Research Meeting
18:00 Dinner

Friday 12: Results and Future Projects (Rakuyukaikan, 1F, room 1)
8:30-13:00 Research meeting, Kiyomizu Temple with Isomae Reiko and
Isomae Jun’ichi
13:00-14:00 Self-comments and discussion
14:00-15:00 Self-comments and discussion
15:00-16:00 Self-comments and discussion
16:00-17:00 Book Publication

For inquiries and registration: [email protected]

The event will be held at the Rakuyukaikan　楽友会館　 building　(number
95 on the map), south of Kyoto University.
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/access/campus/yoshida/map6r-ys

14/11/2023

Event at Kyoto University!

20/09/2023

GIP Lecture

-Tuesday, 31 October, 12pm CEST,

Prof. Dr. Masatake Shinohara, Kyoto University: "An Undecided Dimension of Depth: On the Question of the Place in the Thought of Kitaro Nishida"

28/06/2023

Seminario en línea: Política e historia: Karatani Kōjin y su relevancia en el mundo hispanohablante.

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