From Africa to Zen: An Invitation to World PhilosophyRobert C. Solomon, Kathleen Marie Higgins Rowman & Littlefield, 2003 - 296 pages In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, fifteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The dozen essays collected here unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often neglected in the western world. The contributors include the leading scholars in their fields, but they write for students coming to these concepts for the first time. Building on revisions and updates to the original essays on China, India, Japan, and the Americas, this new edition also considers three philosophical traditions for the first time--Jewish, Buddhist, and South Pacific (M ori) philosophy. |
Contents
Understanding Order The Chinese Perspective | 1 |
Ways of Japanese Thinking | 21 |
Traditional American Indian Attitudes toward Nature | 45 |
PreColumbian and Modern Philosophical Perspectives in Latin America | 67 |
Arabic Philosophy | 105 |
Jewish Philosophy | 127 |
Persian Philosophy | 143 |
The Myth of Authenticity Personhood Traditional Culture and African Philosophy | 173 |
Indian Philosophies | 201 |
Buddhist Philosophy as a Buddhist Practice | 239 |
Nga Whakaaro Maori Maori Philosophy | 255 |
Esoteric Philosophy | 269 |
About the Contributors | 295 |
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From Africa to Zen: An Invitation to World Philosophy Robert C. Solomon,Kathleen M. Higgins Limited preview - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
African culture African philosophy Ahura Ahura Mazda al-Fārābī al-Kindi al-Rāzī American Indian ancient Arabic Aristotelian Aristotle authenticity Aztec belief body Brahman Buddha Buddhist century China Chinese Christian claim classical concept Confucian contemporary context created death developed divine doctrine earth esoteric essence ethics European evil example existence experience God's gods Greek Hountondji human Ibn Rushd Ibn Sīnā ideas important Incas individual intellectual Islamic Japan Japanese Jewish philosophy knowledge language Latin America liberation living logic Maimonides Manichaeism Maori Marxism Mayan means Mesoamerica metaphysical Mishima modern moral Muslims mystical myths Nāgārjuna nature negritude notion one's Påkehå Persian person personhood perspective philo philoso Plato political practice question Qur'an reality religion religious ritual Samkhya Sanskrit schools sense social society Socrates soul spiritual Sufi teachings texts theology things thinkers thinking thought tion treaty truth understanding University Press Upanishads Vedanta West worldview Yoga Yoruba Zoroastrianism Zurvanism
References to this book
Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought J.J. Clarke No preview available - 2002 |