ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART I. THE PRESENT SHIFT IN CULTURAL VALUES
Chapter I. The Contemporary Transformation of Chinese Marxist Philosophy
Liu Fangtong
Chapter II. Process as a Basis for Philosophy in a Time of Change
Warayutha Sriewarakul
Chapter III. Freedom and Cultural Traditions: The Basis of Values in a Time of Change
George F. McLean
Chapter IV. Aesthetic Culture: from Tradition to Modernity
Chen Chaonan
PART II. MATERIAL BASIS OF VALUES
Chapter V. The Loss of the Subject and the Disorder of Values: Critical Reflections on Present Cultural Research
Yu Wujin
Chapter VI. Economic and Ethical Values
Lu Xiaohe
Chapter VII. An Approach to Business Ethics: Fact-based Value for Fair Trade
Charn Mayot
Chapter VIII. Sustainability and a New Civilization
Wang Miaoyang
Chapter IX. The Basis of Economic Values in Chinese Traditional Culture
Xu Hongxing
PART III. SPIRITUAL BASIS OF VALUES
Chapter X. The Dignity of the Human Person as the Basis for Community: Pope John Paul II’s Contemporary Catholic Anthropology
James A. Loiacono
Chapter XI. Being and Values
Andrew Woznicki
Chapter XII. Making Religion Ethical: The Value Orientation of Religion in Contemporary Society
Huang Songjie
Chapter XIII. The Basis of Values in a Time of Change
R. Balasubramanian
Chapter XIV. Renewal of Thai Buddhist Belief in Kamma and Rebirth
Veerachart Nimanong
PART IV. VALUES AND ASIAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS
Chapter XV. Is There a Thai Philosophy?
Kirti Bunchua
Chapter XVI. The Prospects and Justification of Thai Philosophy
Soraj Hongladarom
Chapter XVII. Changes of Values during the Renovation Period in Vietnam
Nguyen Trong Chuan
Chapter XVIII. The Modern Significance of Chinese Traditional Culture
Fang Songhua
Chapter XIX. Existential Relationships and Optimal Harmony: Philosophical Foundations for Valuesin a Times of Changes
Vincent Shen
PART V. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES
Chapter XX. The Change of Society and the Exchange of Values
Zhang Qingxiong
Chapter XXI. Lifeworld and the Possibility of Intercultural Understanding
Zhang Rulun
Chapter XXII. On the Unity of Pluralistic Values
Yu Xuanmeng