A Companion to World Philosophies (Paperback, New Ed)

Blackwells Companions to Philosophy have built up an excellent and deserved reputation. 'World Philosophies' means here, 'the major non-Western philosophical traditions', and includes not only the great Asian traditions but also Polynesia and Africa. General overviews are followed by essays on detailed topics. But the proposed 'general readers' will need a good background knowledge already, or a good dictionary of world religions as a companion to the Companion! Islam is included: not a non-Western philosophy as all the relevant articles make clear, and the editor's perfunctory three lines arguing for its inclusion do not make the case. The space would have been better used attending to those general readers. (Kirkus UK)

Written by an international assembly of leading philosophers, this volume offers students, teachers and general readers a rich and sophisticated introduction to the major non-Western philosophical traditions - particularly Chinese, Indian, Buddhist and Islamic philosophies. African and Polynesian thinking are also covered by way of historical and contemporary survey articles.

The text is organized around a series of central topics concerning conceptions of reality and divinity, of causality, of truth, of the nature of rationality, of selfhood, of humankind and nature, of the good, of aesthetic values, and of social and political ideals. Outstanding scholars present essays that articulate the distinctive ways in which these specific problems have been formulated and addressed in the non-Western traditions against the background of their varied historical and cultural presuppositions.

General

Imprint:	Blackwell Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	1991
Authors:	E. Deutsch
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	608
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-631-21327-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-631-21327-9
Barcode:	9780631213277

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