Taking Back Philosophy - A Multicultural Manifesto

Klappentext Bryan W. Van Norden lambastes academic philosophy for its Eurocentrism and insularity and challenges educational institutions to live up to their cosmopolitan ideals. Taking Back Philosophy is at once a manifesto for multicultural education! an accessible introduction to Confucian and Buddhist philosophy! and a defense of the value of philosophy. Zusammenfassung Bryan W. Van Norden lambastes academic philosophy for its Eurocentrism and insularity and challenges educational institutions to live up to their cosmopolitan ideals. Taking Back Philosophy is at once a manifesto for multicultural education! an accessible introduction to Confucian and Buddhist philosophy! and a defense of the value of philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan W. Van Norden, Bryan W. Van Norden
• Assisted by: Garfield Jay L. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780231184366
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18436-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, PHILOSOPHY / Criticism, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy