An Integral Understanding Of Culture:A Philosopher’s View

A lot of thinkers begin their inquiries emphasizing on culture and the effects of cultural differentiation. This is made clear by the attempt of contemporary thinkers to concentrate on certain problems which are culturally bound. This accordingly serves as a first step towards an integration of the world’s systems. Based on this integration, the demand for intercultural studies shows forth. A good inquiry into intercultural dialogue must carry within it a good knowledge of culture and as such must concentrate on the well being of each culture under examination as the foundation of every moral life and worldview. This is what this work tries to examine. Like Martin Heidegger who tries to raise the question of “being” before going into the analysis of things that are being, this work is aimed at raising the question: what is culture? This question goes a long way in trying to streamline every research on culture by understanding what culture is and further pointing out how it enhances national development.