Philosophy: Eastern Philosophy

By Amy Olberding

In this study, Olberding proposes a new theoretical model for reading the Analects. Her thesis is that the moral sensibility of the text derives from an effort to conceptually capture and articulate the features seen in exemplars, exemplars that are identified and admired pre-theoretically and thus…

Paperback – 2017-04-27
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Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

By David Wang

A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture: Past, Present, Future examines the impact of Chinese philosophy on China’s historic structures, as well as on modern Chinese urban aesthetics and architectural forms. For architecture in China moving forward, author David Wang posits a theory, the New…

Paperback – 2016-12-05
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Edited by Bas Verschuuren, Naoya Furuta

Nature conservation planning tends to be driven by models based on Western norms and science, but these may not represent the cultural, philosophical and religious contexts of much of Asia. This book provides a new perspective on the topic of sacred natural sites and cultural heritage by linking…

Paperback – 2016-08-11
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Edited by Nancy E. Snow, Franco V. Trivigno

Since ancient times, character, virtue, and happiness have been central to thinking about how to live well. Yet until recently, philosophers have thought about these topics in an empirical vacuum. Taking up the general challenge of situationism – that philosophers should pay attention to empirical…

Paperback – 2016-07-27
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Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

By Jesús Solé-Farràs

This book explores how Confucian thought, which was the ideological underpinning of traditional, imperial China, is being developed and refined into a New Confucianism relevant for the twenty-first century. It traces the development of Confucian thought, examines significant new texts, and shows…

Paperback – 2016-07-20
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Routledge Contemporary China Series

By Various

This eleven-volume set gathers together some essential texts on Zen Buddhism. They range from newly-translated sixteenth-century documents from a Japanese temple to a modern work on the usefulness of Zen precepts in the ‘helping professions’ of medicine and the social services. Works also detail…

Hardback – 2016-04-26
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Routledge Library Editions: Zen Buddhism

Edited by Julia Tao, Anthony B. L. Cheung, Martin Painter, Chenyang Li

Harmony has become a major challenge for modern governance in the twenty-first century because of the multi-religious, multi-racial and multi-ethnic character of our increasingly globalized societies. Governments all over the world are facing growing pressure to integrate the many diverse elements…

Paperback – 2015-12-21
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Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

Edited by Chienkuo Mi, Michael Slote, Ernest Sosa

This is the first book to bring together Western and Chinese perspectives on both moral and intellectual virtues. Editors Chienkuo Mi, Michael Slote, and Ernest Sosa have assembled some of the world’s leading epistemologists and ethicists—located in the U.S., Europe, and Asia—to explore in a global…

Hardback – 2015-10-20
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By Chenyang Li

Harmony is a concept essential to Confucianism and to the way of life of past and present people in East Asia. Integrating methods of textual exegesis, historical investigation, comparative analysis, and philosophical argumentation, this book presents a comprehensive treatment of the Confucian…

Paperback – 2015-09-10
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Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

By Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh

Presenting an engaging reflection on the work of prominent modern Iranian literary artists in exchange with contemporary Continental literary criticism and philosophy, this book tracks the idea of silence – through the prism of poetics, dreaming, movement, and the body – across the textual…

Paperback – 2015-08-14
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Intersections: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories

Edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Jay Johnston

Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a…

Paperback – 2015-08-04
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Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

Edited by Stephen Angle, Michael Slote

This volume presents the fruits of an extended dialogue among American and Chinese philosophers concerning the relations between virtue ethics and the Confucian tradition.　 Based on recent advances in English-language scholarship on and translation of Confucian philosophy, the book demonstrates…

Paperback – 2015-07-16
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