Question

Do you think there are any benefits that Westerners can obtain from the Asiacentric worldview? If not, why? If yes, what are they?

Answer 1

Yes everyone can be benifit by the asiancentric worldview and it's implications for the communication in local and global contexts. Tu (2001b) propound two proposition on globalisation. First the globalisation can be hegemonic homogenisation without cultural diversity and sensitivity, but through dialogue it may lead to an authentic way lead to an authentic way of intellectual communication and to a real respect for diversity. It is then up to us whether we will further risk our lifeboat by imposing the ethnocentric version of humanity on others and dividing the world with the clash of ignorance, or we will engage in mutual dialogue with the principal of "multiculturalism without hierarchy" toward "harmony without uniformity"