Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Inter-civilizational value conflicts and bridging in the pursuit of post-bipolar peace -- Intercultural dialogue as a global communication in pursuit of bridging: cultural particularisms and value-conflicts among the civilizations -- The new intercivilizational Cold War of ideas and alternatives to it -- Which Islam for bridging? The heterogeneity of civilizations as a background for the plea to revive the grammar of Islamic humanism -- Euro-Islam as a vision for bridging: a liberal and secular Islam for the Islamic diaspora in Europe -- Intercivilizational conflict, bridging and critical theory: the Western third-worldist romantizication of Islamism and beyond -- From conflict to bridgings: conclusions.