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After Appropriation - Explorations in Intercultural Philosophy and Religion (Paperback, New)
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After Appropriation - Explorations in Intercultural Philosophy and Religion (Paperback, New)
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While there have been a number of specialized books in the field of
comparative philosophy, and many in the field of comparative
religion, there are few scholars who can address both disciplines.
Furthermore, when these disciplines are virtually mutually
exclusive, as in Western academia, a full appreciation of
non-Western approaches to either religion or philosophy is not
easily attained, and distortions, such as appropriation, often
occur. Within the last ten years, there has been a concerted effort
on the part of a number of Western scholars to try to address these
deficiencies. After Appropriation consists of thirteen essays, each
of which addresses an issue or illustrates a problem in the
interdisciplinary field of comparative religion and philosophy as
it is presently conceived. Many misappropriations and exclusions
have arisen from the Western tendency to reduce and manipulate the
ideas and values of non-Western religions and philosophies to fit
within Western concepts and categories. How might comparative
philosophy and religion change if the concepts and categories of
non-Western philosophies and religions were taken as primary? This
book explores this question through analytic and phenomenological
Western approaches, infused with fresh strategies and modalities
derived from or inspired by non-Western traditions. In a world of
increasing pluralism and continuing globalization, there is a
growing need to elevate discussion of these issues to a more
sophisticated level. A truly groundbreaking collection, After
Appropriation inaugurates an entirely new integrative discipline of
comparative religion and philosophy, and the exceptional calibre
adnd wide spectrum of the book's scholarship will stimulate and
propel further interest in this pivotal and fruitful direction.
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