Acknowledgments Ming Xie (University of Toronto, English) – Towards a Critical Intercultural Hermeneutics Part I: Resources of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics 1. Ian Angus (Simon Fraser University, Humanities) – The Inter-Cultural Horizon of Contemporary Understanding 2. Jean Grondin (Université de Montréal, Philosophy) – Do Gadamer and Ricoeur Have the Same Understanding of Hermeneutics? 3. Suzi Adams (Flinders University, Sociology) – The Commonality of the World and the Intercultural Element: Meaning, Culture and Chora 4. Bernhard Waldenfels (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Philosophy) – Comparing the Incomparable: Crossing Intercultural Borders 5. R. Radhakrishnan (University of California, Irvine, English and Comparative Literature) – World, Home, and Hermeneutic Phenomenology Part II: Intercultural Complications and Problematics 6. Graham Harman (American University in Cairo, Philosophy) – Objects and Orientalism 7. Zhang Longxi (City University of Hong Kong, Comparative Literature and Translation) – Understanding, Misunderstanding, and the Critical Function of Hermeneutics in Cross-Cultural Studies 8. Hans-Georg Moeller (University of College Cork, Philosophy) – Universal Values or Cultural Differences: A Pointless Question 9. David B. Wong (Duke University, Philosophy) – Reconciling the Tension between Similarity and Difference in Critical Hermeneutics Part III: Expanding Horizons: Empathy, Dialogue, Critique, Wisdom 10. Mihai I. Spariosu (University of Georgia, Distinguished Research Professor) – Some Observations on the Prospects of Intercultural Hermeneutics in a Global Framework 11. Lawrence K. Schmidt (Hendrix College, Philosophy) – Intercultural Understanding in Philosophical Hermeneutics 12. Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Philosophy) and Wojciech Malecki (Wroclaw University, Polish Philology) – Making Sense of Critical Hermeneutics: Pragmatist Reflections 13. Lorenzo C. Simpson (State University of New York, Philosophy) – Critical Interventions: Towards a Hermeneutical Rejoinder 14. Hans-Herbert Kögler (University of North Florida, Philosophy) – Empathy, Dialogue, Critique: How Should We Understand (Inter-)Cultural Violence? Ming Xie – Afterword: Contesting the Real List of Contributors