From Africa to Zen - An Invitation to World Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Robert C. Solomon, Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, is author of numerous books and textbooks in philosophy, including From Rationalism to Existentialism, The Passions, and The Bully Culture. Kathleen M. Higgins, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, is the author of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, The Music of Our Lives, and Comic Relief: Nietzsche's Gay Science. Together, they have written A Short History of Philosophy, What Nietzsche Really Said, and edited World Philosophy: A Text with Readings. Klappentext In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, sixteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The essays 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, this new edition also considers three philosophical traditions for the first time-Jewish, Buddhist, and South Pacific (Maori) philosophy. Zusammenfassung In this ediidtion on non-Western philosophy! 16 experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Understanding Order: The Chinese Perspective Chapter 2 Ways of Japanese Thinking Chapter 3 Traditional American Indian Attitudes toward Nature Chapter 4 Pre-Columbian and Modern Philosophical Perspectives in Latin America Chapter 5 Arabic Philosophy Chapter 6 Jewish Philosophy Chapter 7 Persian Philosophy Chapter 8 The Myth of Authenticity: Personhood, Traditional Culture, and African Philosophy Chapter 9 Indian Philosophies Chapter 10 Buddhist Philosophy Chapter 11 Måori Philosophy Chapter 12 Esoteric Philosophy

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen M. Higgins, Robert C. Solomon
• Assisted by: Kathleen M Higgins (Editor), Kathleen M. Higgins (Editor), Kathleen Marie Higgins (Editor), Higgins Kathleen M. (Editor), Professor Robert C. Solomon (Editor), Robert C Solomon (Editor), Robert C. Solomon (Editor), Solomon Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2003
• EAN: 9780742513501
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1350-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy