Philosophy: Eastern Philosophy

Edited by Purushottama Bilimoria

The History of Indian Philosophy is a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the movements and thinkers that have shaped Indian philosophy over the last three thousand years. An outstanding team of international contributors provide fifty-eight accessible chapters, organised into three…

Hardback – 2017-12-04
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Routledge History of World Philosophies

By Ruyu Hung

This unique book explores how graphocentrism affects Chinese education and culture. It moves away from the contemporary educational practices in China of following the Western model of phonocentrism, to demonstrate that each perspective interacts and counteracts with each other, creating a dialogue…

Hardback – 2017-11-07
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New Directions in the Philosophy of Education

Edited by Neil Dalal, Chloë Taylor

To date, philosophical discussions of animal ethics and Critical Animal Studies have been dominated by Western perspectives and Western thinkers. This book makes a novel contribution to animal ethics in showing the range and richness of ideas offered to these fields by diverse Asian traditions.…

Paperback – 2017-10-26
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Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

By Christopher G. Framarin

This book argues that the standard arguments for and against the claim that certain Hindu texts and traditions attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants are unconvincing. It presents careful, extensive, and original interpretations of passages from the Manusmrti (law), the Mahābhārata (…

Paperback – 2017-10-13
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Routledge Hindu Studies Series

By Patrick S. Bresnan

Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought engages students with lively anecdotes, essential primary and secondary sources, an accessible writing style, and a clear historical approach. The text focuses primarily on India, China, and Japan, while showing the relationships that…

Paperback – 2017-09-05
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By Peg LeVine

Shoma (Masatake) Morita, M.D. (1874-1938) was a Japanese psychiatrist-professor who developed a unique four stage therapy process. He challenged psychoanalysts who sanctioned an unconscious or unconsciousness (collective or otherwise) that resides inside the mind. Significantly, he advanced a…

Paperback – 2017-08-04
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By John M. Koller

With an inside view from an expert in the field, solid scholarship, and a clear and engaging writing style, Asian Philosophies invites students and professors to think along with the great thinkers of the Asian traditions. John M. Koller is a scholar and teacher who has devoted his life to…

Hardback – 2017-06-29
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By Andreas Herberg-Rothe, Key-young Son

A sense of order has irreversibly retreated at the turn of the twenty-first century with the rise of such ancient civilizations as China and India and the militant resurgence of Islamic groups. The United States and like-minded states want to maintain the once-dominant international and global…

Hardback – 2017-06-21
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Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

By ShashiPrabha Kumar

Vaisesika is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy. It represents a pluralistic realism and is usually held to be an atomistic, metaphysical theory. This book explores the basic tenets of the Vaisesika classical school of Indian philosophy from a new perspective. It argues that it reveals an…

Paperback – 2017-06-16
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Routledge Hindu Studies Series

Edited by Shelton A. Gunaratne, Mark Pearson, Sugath Senarath

This book aims to be the first comprehensive exposition of "mindful journalism"—drawn from core Buddhist ethical principles—as a fresh approach to journalism ethics. It suggests that Buddhist mindfulness strategies can be applied purposively in journalism to add clarity, fairness and equity to news…

Paperback – 2017-06-16
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Routledge Research in Journalism

By J. Abraham Velez de Cea

Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultural understanding of religious diversity in our time. Examining the complexity and uniqueness of Buddha’s approach to religious pluralism using four main…

Paperback – 2017-05-31
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Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

By Bui Ngoc Son

Western liberal constitutionalism has expanded recently, with, in East Asia, the constitutional systems of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan based on Western principles, and with even the socialist polities of China and Vietnam having some regard to such principles. Despite the alleged universal…

Paperback – 2017-05-24
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Routledge Law in Asia