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Projecting a world without violence has been the main preoccupation in the human endeavors for peace and coexistence in various intellectual traditions and at various times. The central theme of this collection is nonconventional response to the problem of "clash" and "domination" by juxtaposing the hermeneutics of peace and intercultural understanding against the historical and intellectual imposition of violence at the civilizational plane. This collection can be of interest to those interested in Postcolonial Discourse, Hermeneutics, and Intercultural Dialogue.

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Abbas Manoochehri is associate professor in Political Science at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, Iran. He teaches comparative contemporary thought.

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