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This book uncovers the Jesuits' mystic theological interpretation
in the translation of the Book of Changes (the Yijing) in their
mission in China. The book analyzes how Jesuit Figurists
incorporated their intralingual translation of the Yijing, the
Classical and vernacular use of Chinese language and the imitation
of Chinese literati's format, and the divinization of Yijing
numbers into their typological exegesis. By presenting the
different ways in which Jesuit Figurists Christianized the Yijing
and crafted a Chinese version of Jesus and Christian stories onto
the Chinese classics, this book reveals the value of Jesuit
missionary-translators. The Chinese manuscripts the Figurists left
behind became treasures which have been excavated and displayed in
this book. These treasures reveal the other side of the story, the
side not much shown in past scholarship on the Figurists. These
handwritten manuscripts on the Christianized Yijing are a legacy
which continues to impact European understanding of Chinese history
and civilization in later centuries. A first analysis of these
manuscripts in Chinese, the book will be of interest to scholars
working on the history of Christianity in China, Translation
Studies, and East Asian Religion and Philosophy.
RGVV (History of Religion: Essays and Preliminary Studies) brings
together the mutually constitutive aspects of the study of
religion(s)-contextualized data, theory, and disciplinary
positioning-and engages them from a critical historical
perspective. The series publishes monographs and thematically
focused edited volumes on specific topics and cases as well as
comparative work across historical periods from the ancient world
to the modern era.
Xiang explains the nature and depth of the legitimacy crisis facing
the government of China, and why it is so frequently misunderstood
in the West. Arguing that it is more helpful to understand the
quest for legitimacy in China as an eternally dynamic process,
rather than to seek resolutions in constitutionalism, Xiang
examines the understanding of legitimacy in Chinese political
philosophy. He posits that the current crisis is a consequence of
the incompatibility of Confucian Republicanism and Soviet-inspired
Bolshevism. The discourse on Chinese political reform tends to
polarize, between total westernization on the one hand, or the
rejection of western influence in all forms on the other. Xiang
points to a third solution - meeting western democratic theories
halfway, avoiding another round of violent revolution. This book
provides valuable insights for scholars and students of China's
politics and political history.
This book provides exciting and significant inquiries into the
cultivation of self in East Asian philosophy of education. The
contributors to this volume are from different countries or areas
in the world, but all share the same interest in exploring what it
means to be human and how to cultivate the self. In this book,
self-cultivation in classical Chinese philosophies-including
Confucianism, neo-Confucianism, and Daoism-is scrutinised and
elaborated upon, in order to reveal the significance of ancient
wisdom for today's educational issues, and to show the meaningful
connections between Eastern and Western educational thoughts. By
addressing many issues of contemporary importance including
environmental education, equity and justice, critical rationalism,
groundlessness of language, and power and governance, this book
offers fresh views of self-cultivation illuminated not merely by
East Asian philosophy of education but also by Western insights.
For those who are interested in comparative philosophies,
intercultural education, and cultural study, this book is both
thought-provoking and inspirational. The chapters in this book were
originally published in the Educational Philosophy and Theory
journal.
ZU "HEGEL UND DER STAAT" Der erste, der das Leben Hegels schrieb,
war der Konigsberger Professor Karl Rosenkranz. Sein Buch erschien
1844. Der Verfasser hatte Hegel noch seIber gekannt. Unter den
person lichen treuge- bliebenen Schiilern ist er einer der
freieren; ohne daB er seinen Anschauungen nach gerade der
Hegelschen Linken zuzurechnen ware, ist ihm doch manches mit ihr
gemein; nicht bloB eine gewisse Selbstandigkeit gegeniiber der
Systematik des Meisters, sondern mehr noch eine eigentiimliche
Zersplitterung und Beweglichkeit des Empfindens, ein unruhig
stoffsiichtiges Hineingreifen in die Schatze der Zeit und
Vergangenheit, ein starker Hang endlich zum geist- reichen
Widersinn stell en den Verfasser der "Asthetik des HaBlichen" fast
eher in die Reihe der StrauB, Bauer, Feuerbach als zu den
Marheineke, Gabler und Henning. Sein Hegelbuch zeigt von diesen
Eigenschaften verhaltnismaBig wenig; sie sind da zuriickge- drangt
durch die fromme Achtung des Schiilers gegen den toten Meister und
wohl auch durch den Ernst des BewuBtseins, sozusagen im amtlichen
Auf trag der Schule zu schreiben: die Lebensgeschichte trat an die
Offentlichkeit als Erganzungsband zu den Werken. Auch die Menge
handschriftlichen Stoffes, die das Buch im Abdruck oder Auszug
brachte, tat das ihre, dem Verfasser den Ratim fiir seine eigenen
Fliige einzuengen. Immerhin wird der Leser des noch heute
unentbehrlichen und urn seiner ausgepragten und zeitcharakteristi-
schen Eigenart willen wohl nie ganz iiberftiissig zu machenden
Buchs noch genug wunderbare Einfalle darin finden.
This book provides a philosophical foundation to the theory and
practice of education from the Indian perspective. It is guided by
an 'axionoetic' approach to education and therefore it deals with
the epistemological foundation and value orientation of education.
The author discusses the ontological, epistemological, logical,
ethical and axiological bases of education in a holistic and
integrated manner. The author maintains that education is a
planned, methodical and purposive enhancement of human
potentialities as a natural development. This presupposes correct
and adequate formulation of the objectives and goals of education
as per the needs and aspirations of pupils. Education also equips
individuals for a good quality of life. Keeping in view the applied
dimension of philosophy, this book analyses practical issues of
moral education like character building value-negativism in the
context of education. It also deals with issues concerning peace,
sustainable development, sustainable judicious consumption etc.
which should have a bearing on educational policies and programmes.
Whilst accounting for the present-day popularity and relevance of
Alan Watts' contributions to psychology, religion, arts, and
humanities, this interdisciplinary collection grapples with the
ongoing criticisms which surround Watts' life and work. Offering
rich examination of as yet underexplored aspects of Watts'
influence in 1960s counterculture, this volume offers unique
application of Watts' thinking to contemporary issues and
critically engages with controversies surrounding the
commodification of Watts' ideas, his alleged misreading of Biblical
texts, and his apparent distortion of Asian religions and
spirituality. Featuring a broad range of international contributors
and bringing Watts' ideas squarely into the contemporary context,
the text provides a comprehensive, yet nuanced exploration of
Watts' thinking on psychotherapy, Buddhism, language, music, and
sexuality. This text will benefit researchers, doctoral students,
and academics in the fields of psychotherapy, phenomenology, and
the philosophy of psychology more broadly. Those interested in
Jungian psychotherapy, spirituality, and the self and social
identity will also enjoy this volume.
The reawakening of Asian martial arts is a distinct example of
cultural hybridity in a global setting. This book deals with
history of Asian martial arts in the contexts of tradition,
religion, philosophy, politics and culture. It attempts to deepen
the study of martial arts studies in their transformation from
traditional to modern sports. It is also important that this book
explores how Asian martial arts, including Shaolin martial arts and
Taekwondo, have worked as tools for national advocate of identities
among Asians in order to overcome various national hardships and to
promote nationalism in the modern eras. The Asian martial arts
certainly have been transformed in both nature and content into
unique modern sports and they have contributed to establishing
cultural homogeneity in Asia. This phenomenon can be applied to the
global community. The chapters in this book were originally
published as a special issue in the International Journal of the
History of Sport.
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy offers a profound yet
accessible survey of the development of India's philosophical
tradition. Beginning with the formation of Brahmanical, Jaina,
Materialist, and Buddhist traditions, Bina Gupta guides the reader
through the classical schools of Indian thought, culminating in a
look at how these traditions inform Indian philosophy and society
in modern times. Offering translations from source texts and clear
explanations of philosophical terms, this text provides a rigorous
overview of Indian philosophical contributions to epistemology,
metaphysics, philosophy of language, and ethics. This is a
must-read for anyone seeking a reliable and illuminating
introduction to Indian philosophy. Key Updates in the Second
Edition Reorganized into seven parts and fifteen chapters, making
it easier for instructors to assign chapters for a semester-long
course. Continues to introduce systems historically, but focuses on
new key questions and issues within each system. Details new
arguments, counter-arguments, objections, and their reformulations
in the nine schools of Indian philosophy. Offers expanded
discussion of how various schools of Indian philosophy are engaged
with each other. Highlights key concepts and adds new grey boxes to
explain selected key concepts. Includes a new section that
problematizes the Western notion of "philosophy." New Suggested
Readings sections are placed at the end of each chapter, which
include recommended translations, a bibliography of important
works, and pertinent recent scholarship for each school. Adds a new
part (Part III) that explains the difficulties involved in
translating from Sanskrit into English, discusses fundamental
concepts and conceptual distinctions often used to present Indian
philosophy to Western students, and reviews important features and
maxims that most darsanas follow. Provides new examples of
applications to illustrate more obscure concepts and principles.
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy offers a profound yet
accessible survey of the development of India's philosophical
tradition. Beginning with the formation of Brahmanical, Jaina,
Materialist, and Buddhist traditions, Bina Gupta guides the reader
through the classical schools of Indian thought, culminating in a
look at how these traditions inform Indian philosophy and society
in modern times. Offering translations from source texts and clear
explanations of philosophical terms, this text provides a rigorous
overview of Indian philosophical contributions to epistemology,
metaphysics, philosophy of language, and ethics. This is a
must-read for anyone seeking a reliable and illuminating
introduction to Indian philosophy. Key Updates in the Second
Edition Reorganized into seven parts and fifteen chapters, making
it easier for instructors to assign chapters for a semester-long
course. Continues to introduce systems historically, but focuses on
new key questions and issues within each system. Details new
arguments, counter-arguments, objections, and their reformulations
in the nine schools of Indian philosophy. Offers expanded
discussion of how various schools of Indian philosophy are engaged
with each other. Highlights key concepts and adds new grey boxes to
explain selected key concepts. Includes a new section that
problematizes the Western notion of "philosophy." New Suggested
Readings sections are placed at the end of each chapter, which
include recommended translations, a bibliography of important
works, and pertinent recent scholarship for each school. Adds a new
part (Part III) that explains the difficulties involved in
translating from Sanskrit into English, discusses fundamental
concepts and conceptual distinctions often used to present Indian
philosophy to Western students, and reviews important features and
maxims that most darsanas follow. Provides new examples of
applications to illustrate more obscure concepts and principles.
What is the Bhagavad-Gita? Is it just a religious text? When was it
composed? How relevant is it to the modern world? This book answers
these foundational questions and more. It critically examines the
Bhagavad-Gita in terms of its liberal, humanist and inclusive
appeal, bringing out its significance for both present times and
novel applications. The author elaborates the philosophy underlying
the text as well as its ethical and spiritual implications. He also
responds to criticisms that have been levelled against the text by
Ambedkar, D. D. Kosambi and, more recently, Amartya Sen. With
additional material including chapter summaries of the
Bhagavad-Gita, the second edition of the volume proposes new ways
of utilising the text in diverse fields, such as business and
management and scientific research. Eclectic and accessible, this
work will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, religion,
history, business and management studies, as well as the general
reader.
This book looks at contemporary political violence, in the form of
jihadism, through the lens of a philosophical polemic between
Hannah Arendt and Frantz Fanon: intellectual representatives of the
global north and global south. It explores the relationship of
Arendt's thought, mostly as expressed in On Violence (1969), to
Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth (1961) and the transposition of
that relationship to the contemporary phenomenon of violent Islamic
extremism. The book reveals a greater commonality between Fanon and
Arendt as well as the universal function of jihadism that satisfies
the conditions for political violence, as categorized by Fanon in
the global south and Arendt in the global north. Read in tandem,
Arendt and Fanon help uncover the fundamental problems of our
European, American, Middle Eastern and African political systems as
well as north-south relations. By studying political theory, the
book finds global political commonalities in a postcolonial
reality. Written in an accessible style, this book will be of great
interest to undergraduates and graduates in philosophy, political
sciences and international relations (IR), sociology and Middle
Eastern studies as well as scholars and professionals interested in
radicalization; violent extremism; and the foreign policies of
European, Middle Eastern and African countries.
This collection brings together exciting new works that address
today's key challenges for a feminist power-sensitive approach to
knowledge and scientific practice. Taking up such issues as the
role of contextualism in epistemology, democracy and dissent in
knowledge practices, and epistemic agency under conditions of
oppression, the essays build upon well-established work in feminist
epistemology and philosophy of science such as standpoint theory
and contextual empiricism, offering new interpretations and
applications. Many contributions capture the current engagement of
feminist epistemologists with the insights and programs of
nonfeminist epistemologists, while others focus on the
intersections between feminist epistemology and other fields of
feminist inquiry such as feminist ethics and metaphysics. *see
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Beyond Duality and Polarization explores an experience-based
learning model, the Phenomenal Patterning approach for personal
transformation. Rather than traditional prescriptive learning,
methods of personal discovery help us understand how the human mind
actually functions. Dr. Koziey introduces two modern Zen skills,
watching and catharsis, to increase self-awareness. This frees us
from habitual patterns we learned in childhood. We identify the
patterns of our own thinking and behaving and see that many of the
problems we face are self-created. Repressions are revealed in the
shadow psyche and we are able to dissolve our negativity. The
overriding message is that when we stop fighting, life starts
flowing again.
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Exploring the Heart Sutra offers readers an interdisciplinary
philosophical approach to this much-loved Buddhist classic, with a
new translation and commentary. Situating the Heart Sutra within a
Chinese context, Sarah A. Mattice brings together voices past and
present, Asian and Western, on topics from Buddhology, translation
theory, feminism, religious studies, ethnography, Chinese
philosophy, and more, in order to inspire readers to understand the
sutra in a new light. Mattice's argument for the importance of
appreciating the Heart Sutra from a Chinese philosophical context
includes a new hermeneutic paradigm for approaching composite
texts; an argument for translating the text from the Chinese,
rather than the Sanskrit; an extended discussion of the figure of
Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion and main speaker of the Heart
Sutra, as a distinctively Chinese figure; an inquiry in to the
history of women's practice, with a special focus on China; and a
commentary on the text that draws on philosophical resources from
Chinese Buddhist, Ruist, and Daoist traditions. Mattice presents
the Heart Sutra in its depth and complexity, inviting readers to
return to this classic text with fresh perspectives and new
insights into its relevance for living well in the contemporary
world.
Gersonides (1288-1344), known also as Ralbag, was a philosopher of
the first rank as well as an astronomer and biblical exegete, yet
this is the first English-language study of the significance of his
work for Jewish thought. Seymour Feldman, the acclaimed translator
of Gersonides' most important work, The Wars of the Lord - a
complete philosophical system and astronomical encyclopedia - has
written a comprehensive picture of Gersonides' philosophy that is
both descriptive and evaluative. Unusually for a Jewish scholar,
Gersonides had contacts with several Christian notables and
scholars. It is known that these related to mathematical and
astronomical matters; the extent to which these contacts also
influenced his philosophical thought is a matter of some
controversy. Unquestionably, however, he wrote a veritable library
of philosophical, scientific, and exegetical works that testify not
only to the range of his intellectual concerns but also to his
attempt to forge a philosophical-scientific synthesis between these
secular sciences and Judaism. Unlike many modern scientists or
philosophers, who either scorn religion or compartmentalize it, he
did not see any fundamental discrepancy between the pursuit of
truth via reason and its attainment through divine revelation:
there is only one truth, with which both reason and revelation must
agree. As a philosopher-scientist and biblical exegete Gersonides
sought to make this agreement robustly evident. While philosophical
and scientific ideas have progressed since Gersonides' time, his
work is still relevant today because his attempt to make prophecy
and miracles understandable in terms of some commonly held
philosophical or scientific theory is paradigmatic of a religion
that is not afraid of reason. His general principle that reason
should function as a 'control' of what we believe has interesting
and important implications for the modern reader. Indeed, some of
his basic arguments are favoured by many contemporary thinkers who
attempt to incorporate modern science into their religious belief
system. He was not afraid to make religious beliefs philosophically
and scientifically credible; one could say that he pursued an
'ethics of belief' in that he held that there are constraints to
what is believable, especially in religion. In this respect he was
a precursor of Kant and Hermann Cohen: Judaism is or should be a
religion of reason.
This is a book about the body and its amazing contribution to the
moral mind. The author focuses on the important roles the body
plays in moral cognition. What happens to us when we observe moral
violations, make moral judgments and engage in moral actions? How
does the body affect our moral decisions and shape our moral
dispositions? Can embodied moral psychology be consistently pursued
as a viable alternative to disembodied traditions of moral
philosophy? Is there any school of philosophy where the body is
discussed as the underlying foundation of moral judgment and
action? To answer these questions, the author analyzes Confucian
philosophy as an intriguing and insightful example of embodied
moral psychology.
Originally published in 1952. This book collects numerous works on
the revival of Spinoza scholarship in the Soviet Union during the
1920s and 30's, including the emergence of conflicting Marxist
schools of Spinoza interpretation. This work includes translations
by Kline of seven major articles on Spinoza published from
1923-1932, with a lengthy introduction providing contextual
references. These developments were generally unknown outside of
Russia due to lack of prior translations into a Western European
language. The Marxist view of Spinoza represents a break not only
with the dominant traditions of Western scholarship, but also with
those critical and negative views of pre-Revolutionary Russia. This
book provides both the study of Spinoza in Soviet philosophy, and
of Soviet philosophy through Spinoza.
Originally published in 1978. These essays are written by
distinguished philosophers from many countries and were published
as a homage to Spinoza in the year which marked the three-hundredth
anniversary of his death. A special feature of the book is that it
includes a recently discovered letter by Spinoza, reproduced for
the first time in English and in facsimile, with a commentary. The
controversial influence of Spinoza on Freud is discussed, and
illustrated by facsimile reproductions of original letters,
hitherto unknown to Freudians and Spinozists alike. These letters
direct revealing light on some of Freud's attitudes. Important
parallels between East and West will also attract the student of
Spinoza.
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