摘要
1 IntroductionThe great paradox of our times lies in the fact that people are becoming more and more intransigent about their cultural identity while the crossing of cultural frontiers is a daily practice. How could we reconcile the necessity of going beyond one＇s own limited horizon with the urge for keeping up one＇s own identity？ People have always been living in separate communities ever since there was human society and the merge of small communities into larger ones seems to be a constant process in history. While nation-building, the most significant merge so far, has been frequently realized in iron and blood all over the world, we would earnestly hope that the emerging of the contemporary world community could be effectuated in a more rational and peaceful way.
