Die Beiträge wurden erstmals auf einer philosophischen Tagung vorgestellt, die im September 2001 in Bangalore stattfand. Veranstalter waren das Missionswissenschaftliche Institut Missio e. V., Aachen, und das Shanthi Sadhana Forschungsinstitut, Bangalore. Aus dem Inhalt: Srinivasa Rao: The philosophical perspectives of cultural asymmetry and the challenges of Globalization (41-48); Maqbool Ahmed Siraj: The Cultural and Religious Traditions of Islam and Challenges of Globalization (49-58); Andrew Anil Sequeira: The Hindu conception of reality as the ideal symmetry of cosmo-social relationships and the challenge of globalization (59-70); Fernando Aínsa: The destiny of Latin American utopia as interculturalism and hybridization (165-179); Raphael O. Madu: African Culture and other Cultures in the Face of Globalization (205-223); Gerd-Rüdiger Hoffmann: The balance of power in the dialogue between African and Western philosophy (225-247).