Intercultural and Comparative Philosophy: Some Contemporary Discussions

Abstract

The publication discusses some current discussions on the status of intercultural philosophy.
The question is raised whether the intercultural philosophy is a new stage of comparative
philosophy or it can claim to be an independent approach or even a discipline of philosophical
knowledge. The prerequisites for the emergence of intercultural philosophy, the concept of
a dialogue of cultures, the problem of intercultural philosophy and orientalism, intercultural
philosophy and postcolonial studies are investigated in the paper. The author concludes that
although the subject of intercultural philosophy overlaps with the problems of comparative
philosophy, it does have the potential to become a new philosophy of the future. The paper
offers an analytical review of Russian and foreign publications concerning the place and role of
intercultural philosophy in the contemporary philosophical discourse, referring to the views of
representative Russian and foreign philosophers (Stepanyants, Lysenko, Mall, Fornet-Betancour,
Wimmer, Chakrabarti, Siderits, etc.)