Abstract

Hans-Georg Gadamer set the humanities the task of contributing to the experience of the reality of life from a global perspective. He believes that Christian Europe, through its laborious practice of tolerance, has a rich historical experience in dealing with cultural diversity and in affirming the idea of humane integration and coexistence. However, such a perspective cannot avoid reflecting on the experience of moral transformation in light of Western modernity. Thus, a confrontation with the Bolshevik and Nazi revolutions and their devastating effects becomes inevitable. Drawing on the work of Richard Rorty and Reinhart Koselleck, I formulate insights into moral plurality that critically differentiate Gadamer’s postulate of ‘recognition in the other’ and link it to real historical conditions.