East Asian and Indian philosophy Books
Yale University Press American Dharma Buddhism Beyond Modernity
Book SynopsisThis illuminating account of contemporary American Buddhism shows the remarkable ways the tradition has changed over the past generation The past couple of decades have witnessed Buddhist communities both continuing the modernization of Buddhism and questioning some of its limitations. In this fascinating portrait of a rapidly changing religious landscape, Ann Gleig illuminates the aspirations and struggles of younger North American Buddhists during a period she identifies as a distinct stage in the assimilation of Buddhism to the West. She observes both the emergence of new innovative forms of deinstitutionalized Buddhism that blur the boundaries between the religious and secular, and a revalorization of traditional elements of Buddhism, such as ethics and community, that were discarded in the modernization process. Based on extensive ethnographic and textual research, the book ranges from mindfulness debates in the Vipassana network to the sex scandals in American Zen, while explTrade Review"In this engaging and thoughtful study, Ann Gleig asks challenging and important questions about the limits of modern Buddhism and the future of the tradition in the United States."—Scott A. Mitchell, author of Buddhism in America: Global Religion, Local Contexts“Gleig's highly insightful examination of contemporary Euro-American Buddhism problematizes the prevailing framework of Buddhism modernism, revealing a postmodern complexity in which the familiar dichotomies of natal/convert, modern/traditional, secular/religious are no longer relevant.”—Richard K. Payne, Institute of Buddhist Studies “This landmark work skillfully allows the very particular voices of contemporary American Buddhism to speak while highlighting the larger historical and theoretical contexts. This is an indispensable book for anyone hoping to understand the current contours of Buddhism in North America.”—David McMahan, Franklin & Marshall College “In this thoughtful, nuanced book, Ann Gleig illuminates the profound shifts that have created America’s post-modern Buddhist scene. This is essential reading for those seeking to understand the self-consciously intersectional, communal, and identarian developments in contemporary American Buddhism, as well as in the wider secularized spiritual culture in the United States.”—Erik Braun, University of Virginia“This is an exciting and perceptive book. Ann Gleig convincingly shows how twenty-first century American Buddhism continues and contests foundational modernist attributes, producing post-modern developments in an ever richer and more complex Buddhist subculture.”—Jeff Wilson, author of Mindful America
£30.88
Yale University Press The Spirit of Zen
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£19.49
WW Norton & Co Little Sprouts and the DAO of Parenting
Book SynopsisA brilliant book, overflowing with wisdom. Philip J. Ivanhoe, author of Confucian ReflectionsTrade Review"A deeply inspiring work about what classical Chinese philosophy can teach us about the art of parenting." -- Michael Puett, coauthor of The Path"Erin Cline illustrates an ancient wisdom on the craft of parenting, which is not about being a soccer mom or a tiger mom, but flowing with the Dao." -- Robin R. Wang, author of Yinyang"Drawing from the best of Chinese philosophy, Erin Cline gives us antidotes to offset the intense pressures we face by showing us how to cultivate awareness, inquisitiveness, and empathy in the details of everyday life—birthday parties, walks, and even technology." -- Becky Yang Hsu, coeditor of The Chinese Pursuit of Happiness
£12.34
WW Norton & Co Little Sprouts and the Dao of Parenting
Book SynopsisA philosopher and mother mines classic Daoist texts of Chinese philosophy for wisdom relevant to today’s parents.
£19.94
University of California Press Reflections on Reality Reflections on Reality
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume in Jeffrey Hopkins's series on the Mind-Only School of Buddhism. It conveys the intellectual vibrancy of the different cultural interpretations of Dzong-ka-ba's The Essence of Eloquence, and expands the key philosophical issues it addresses.Trade Review"This is without question the finest and most complete discussion of the renowned Mind-Only school and its Tibetan context." -Anne C. Klein, author of Knowledge and Liberation, Path to the Middle "An important new contribution to our understanding of the development of Buddhist philosophical thought in Tibet." - Matthew T. Kapstein, author of The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and MemoryTable of ContentsPreface Technical Notes Part One: Background Part Two: Religous Significance of the Three Natures of Phenomena Part Three: Examining the Sutra Unraveling the Thought Part Four: Thoroughly Established Nature Endowed with Buddha Qualities Part Five: Views on the Two Emptinesses Part Six: Undermining Error Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Backnotes Bibliography Index
£52.70
University of California Press History and Will
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
£35.70
University of California Press History and Will
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£64.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Chinese Philosophy
Book SynopsisContemporary Chinese Philosophy features discussion of sixteen major twentieth--century Chinese philosophers. Leading scholars in the field describe and critically assess the works of these significant figures. * Critically assesses the work of major comtemporary Chinese philosophers that have rarely been discussed in English.Trade Review"This 'showcase' for modern Chinese philosophy will finally dispel the common western perception that nothing has happened in Chinese philosophy since the sixteenth century other than the emergence of a regimented, monochromatic Marxism. In this immaculately edited volume, its mainly Chinese contributors testify to the immense variety of contemporary Chinese philosophy and to the willingness of its leading figures to enrich their own traditions through critical dialogue with western ones. The volume deserves to inspire a reciprocal willingness among western philosophers." David E. Cooper, Durham University "An excellent anthology of essays introducing sixteen important Chinese philosophers in the twentieth century. The editors also provide a valuable background and overview, recent overseas trends, and a unifying interpretation of Chinese philosophy. 'Must' reading for serious students and scholars interested in Chinese philosophy" Antonio S. Cua, Catholic University of America "Contemporary Chinese Philosophy constitutes a valuable contribution to the Western understanding of Chinese philosophy in conveying with clarity the diversity of the Chinese intellectual response to the encounter with Western thought." Practical Philosophy, Vol. 6, Autumn 2003Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Preface: Chung-ying Cheng. Introduction: Nicholas Bunnin. Part I: Pioneering New Thought from the West:. 1. Liang Qichao's Political and Social Philosophy: Yang Xiao. 2. Wang Guowei: Philosophy of Aesthetic Criticism: Keping Wang. 3. Zhang Dongsun: Pluralist Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy: Xinyan Jiang. 4. Hu Shi's Enlightenment Philosophy: Hu Xinhe. 5. Jin Yuelin's Theory of Dao : Hu Jun. Part II: Philosophizing in the Neo-Confucian Spirit:. 6. Xiong Shili's Metaphysics of Virtue: Jiyuan Yu. 7. Liang Shuming: Easten and Western Cultures and Confucianism: Yanming An. 8. Feng Youlan's New Principle Learning and His Histories of Chinese Philosophy: Lauren Pfister. 9. He Lin's Sinification of Idealism: Jiwei Ci. Part III: Ideological Exposure to Dialectical Materialism:. 10. Feng Qi's Ameliorism: Between Relativism and Absolutism: Huang Yong. 11. Zhang Dainian: Creative Synthesis and Chinese Philosophy: Cheng Lian. 12. Li Zehou: Chinese Aesthetics from a Post-Marxist and Confucian Perspective: John Zijiang Ding. Part IV: Later Development of New Neo-Confucianism:. 13. Fang Dongmei: Philosophy of Life, Creativity, and Inclusiveness: Chengyang Li. 14. Practical Humanism of Xu Fuguan: Peimin Ni. 15. Tang Junyi: Moral Idealism and Chinese Culture: Sin Yee Chan. 16. Mou Zongsan on Intellectual Intuition: Refeng Tang. Afterwords. Recent Trends in Chinese Philosophy in China and the West: Chung-ying Cheng. An Onto-Hermeneutic Interpretation of Twentieth-Century Chinese Philosophy: Identity and Vision: Chung-ying Cheng. Glossary. Index.
£40.80
Harvard University, Asia Center Lost Soul
Book SynopsisSince the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in ruxueConfucianismvariously conceived as a form of culture, an ideology, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative values. This study shows how ruxue has been conceived in order to assess its achievements.
£35.66
Harvard University, Asia Center A Northern Alternative
Book SynopsisIn this first systematic study in English of the highly influential yet overlooked thinker Xue Xuan (1389–1464), author Khee Heong Koh seeks to redress Xue’s marginalization while showing how a study interested mainly in “ideas” can integrate social and intellectual history to offer a broader picture of history.
£30.56
Harvard University, Asia Center The Paradox of Being
Book SynopsisThrough research into Daoist ritual in history and as it survives today, Andersen shows that the concept of truth in Chinese Daoist philosophy and ritual posits being as a paradox anchored in the inexistent Way, and consists in seeking to be an exception to ordinary norms and rules of behavior which nonetheless engages what is common to us all.Trade ReviewAndersen brings a philosopher’s taste and touch to the study of organized Daoism, and the concrete grounding of a historian and ethnographer to abstract questions of ontology. -- Stephen C. Walker * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *By enabling us to engage with Daoism in a drastically new manner that not only brings together discourse and practice in ingenious ways but also uses Daoism to illuminate existentialism, The Paradox of Being has the potential to become a classic in Daoist studies. -- Tobias Benedikt Zürn * History of Religions *
£53.51
Harvard University, Asia Center The Chinese Dreamscape 300 BCE800 CE
Book SynopsisThe Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE800 CE investigates what dreams meant in late classical and early medieval China. Mapping a common dreamscape that underlies manuals of dream interpretation, scriptural instructions, and other texts, Robert Ford Campany sheds light on how people in a distant age wrestled withand celebratedthe strangeness of dreams.Trade ReviewWhile the book is written for an academic audience, the writing is wonderfully engaging. In the end, it challenges us to revisit our assumptions about dreams: what can and cannot be known about them and how much is a product of cultural context. -- Leanne Ogasawara * Asian Review of Books *[Campany’s] approach to the study of Chinese dreams and dreaming is expansive without falling into the comfortable universals afforded by the perennialism that often creeps into modern studies on dreams. In fact, Campany takes issue with all ‘isms.’ According to Campany, the reification of traditions into monolithic belief systems (e.g., ‘Buddhism’ and ‘Daoism’) only muddies our understanding of these traditions, diverting our attention away from the plurality of information that makes up complex cultural phenomena such as dreams and beliefs. While the book sometimes dwells too long on the critical theory underpinning it, these theoretical forays are for the most part done to great effect. This book is a big and much-needed step forward not only in the study of dreams and dreaming in China but also, more generally, in the fields of religious studies and social history. -- Nelson Landry * Religious Studies Review *[The Chinese Dreamscape] delivers an admirable synthesis of past and present oneirological research, in the Chinese context and cross-culturally, while also presenting a compelling new application of the analytical toolkit that Campany has been honing over his last 25 years of scholarship (such as notions of cosmography, discourse communities, and the performative and semiotic functions of storytelling). Moreover, the author’s recognition of dreaming as an embodied process, and of the complex, recursive interactions between dreams, bodies, and cultures, clearly informed his decision to cite relevant theories and examples from across the social scientific corpus (e.g. anthropology, history, psychology). This resulted in a laudably interdisciplinary study, equally relevant to sinologists and oneirologists. -- Christopher Jon Jensen * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Campany has given us an immensely perceptive, rich, and dense study that will leave its readers with sharpened sensibilities for interpreting dream-related passages in Chinese literature. I am already looking forward to reading the second volume and to detecting the traces this book is bound to leave in future scholarship of early and medieval China literature and culture. -- Antje Richter * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *Dreamscape makes major contributions to the field…[It] provides an unparalleled assortment of many facets of dream life; we see sophisticated taxonomies, dream analyses (based variously on wordplay, spoken and written; hexagrams from the Book of Changes; and Chinese medicine), and extensive translations of biographies of elite diviners…‘Seminal’ long ago became an overused characterization in academic book reviews, but one can easily see this work, the product of many years of research, inspiring many future studies to further investigate this fascinating, vital subject. -- Mark Halperin * History of Religions *Campany’s sixth book, The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE–800 CE, builds on materials, themes, and arguments that Campany has been exploring over his previous five in expanding our understanding of early medieval Chinese religious worlds. Chinese Dreamscape is just as generously spirited, combing through scholarship external to Sinology and religious studies for relevant comparative cases and methodological insights, and then devising novel frameworks for his readers to better elucidate phenomena in their own fields of study, Asian religious traditions or otherwise. It is always pleasurable to consume Campany’s unique scholarly voice—at turns cautiously exhaustive, insistently clear, and playfully poetic—for the space of another book. And Chinese Dreamscape might also represent Campany at an especially self-reflexive moment, as the uncanny nature of dreams themselves continually challenge human attempts to render them sensible. We witness the author in the act of growing and reshuffling his theoretical repertoire to better capture the foreignness of the beings early Chinese people met when they were asleep. -- Alexander Hsu * H-Net Reviews *Should prove invaluable to scholars interested in traditional Chinese literature and culture as well as comparative studies as diverse as psychology, theology, and literature. -- Kenneth DeWoskin * Journal of Chinese Studies *This is not a subject that many have written about – nor one that immediately suggests the range and depth of material that the author has succeeded in finding. That Campany has been able to describe consistent patterns of interpretation and approach across such an extended period is as much as tribute to his own scholarship as it is to the remarkable extent of classical Chinese texts that still exist today. * Kerry Brown Reviews *
£39.06
Harvard University Press The Chinese Dreamscape 300 BCE800 CE
Book SynopsisThe Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE–800 CE investigates what dreams meant in late classical and early medieval China. Mapping a common dreamscape that underlies manuals of dream interpretation, scriptural instructions, and other texts, Robert Ford Campany sheds light on how people in a distant age wrestled with—and celebrated—the strangeness of dreams.Trade ReviewWhile the book is written for an academic audience, the writing is wonderfully engaging. In the end, it challenges us to revisit our assumptions about dreams: what can and cannot be known about them and how much is a product of cultural context. -- Leanne Ogasawara * Asian Review of Books *[Campany’s] approach to the study of Chinese dreams and dreaming is expansive without falling into the comfortable universals afforded by the perennialism that often creeps into modern studies on dreams. In fact, Campany takes issue with all ‘isms.’ According to Campany, the reification of traditions into monolithic belief systems (e.g., ‘Buddhism’ and ‘Daoism’) only muddies our understanding of these traditions, diverting our attention away from the plurality of information that makes up complex cultural phenomena such as dreams and beliefs. While the book sometimes dwells too long on the critical theory underpinning it, these theoretical forays are for the most part done to great effect. This book is a big and much-needed step forward not only in the study of dreams and dreaming in China but also, more generally, in the fields of religious studies and social history. -- Nelson Landry * Religious Studies Review *[The Chinese Dreamscape] delivers an admirable synthesis of past and present oneirological research, in the Chinese context and cross-culturally, while also presenting a compelling new application of the analytical toolkit that Campany has been honing over his last 25 years of scholarship (such as notions of cosmography, discourse communities, and the performative and semiotic functions of storytelling). Moreover, the author’s recognition of dreaming as an embodied process, and of the complex, recursive interactions between dreams, bodies, and cultures, clearly informed his decision to cite relevant theories and examples from across the social scientific corpus (e.g. anthropology, history, psychology). This resulted in a laudably interdisciplinary study, equally relevant to sinologists and oneirologists. -- Christopher Jon Jensen * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Dreamscape makes major contributions to the field…[It] provides an unparalleled assortment of many facets of dream life; we see sophisticated taxonomies, dream analyses (based variously on wordplay, spoken and written; hexagrams from the Book of Changes; and Chinese medicine), and extensive translations of biographies of elite diviners…‘Seminal’ long ago became an overused characterization in academic book reviews, but one can easily see this work, the product of many years of research, inspiring many future studies to further investigate this fascinating, vital subject. -- Mark Helperin * History of Religions *Campany has given us an immensely perceptive, rich, and dense study that will leave its readers with sharpened sensibilities for interpreting dream-related passages in Chinese literature. -- Ji Hao * Tang Studies *Should prove invaluable to scholars interested in traditional Chinese literature and culture as well as comparative studies as diverse as psychology, theology, and literature. -- Kenneth DeWoskin * Journal of Chinese Studies *Campany’s sixth book, The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE–800 CE, builds on materials, themes, and arguments that Campany has been exploring over his previous five in expanding our understanding of early medieval Chinese religious worlds. Chinese Dreamscape is just as generously spirited, combing through scholarship external to Sinology and religious studies for relevant comparative cases and methodological insights, and then devising novel frameworks for his readers to better elucidate phenomena in their own fields of study, Asian religious traditions or otherwise. It is always pleasurable to consume Campany’s unique scholarly voice—at turns cautiously exhaustive, insistently clear, and playfully poetic—for the space of another book. And Chinese Dreamscape might also represent Campany at an especially self-reflexive moment, as the uncanny nature of dreams themselves continually challenge human attempts to render them sensible. We witness the author in the act of growing and reshuffling his theoretical repertoire to better capture the foreignness of the beings early Chinese people met when they were asleep. -- Alexander Hsu * H-Net Reviews *This is not a subject that many have written about – nor one that immediately suggests the range and depth of material that the author has succeeded in finding. That Campany has been able to describe consistent patterns of interpretation and approach across such an extended period is as much as tribute to his own scholarship as it is to the remarkable extent of classical Chinese texts that still exist today. * Kerry Brown Reviews *Campany has given us an immensely perceptive, rich, and dense study that will leave its readers with sharpened sensibilities for inter¬preting dream-related passages in Chinese literature. I am already looking forward to reading the second volume and to detecting the traces this book is bound to leave in future scholarship of early and medieval China literature and culture. -- Antje Richter * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *
£23.36
Harvard University Press Dreaming and SelfCultivation in China 300 BCE800
Book SynopsisIn Dreaming and Self-Cultivation in China, 300 BCE800 CE, Robert Ford Campany examines how dreaming was addressed in texts produced and circulated by practitioners of Daoist, Buddhist, Confucian, and other self-cultivational disciplines. He uncovers paradigms by which dreams are viewed and shows how they underlay diverse religious texts.
£25.16
Harvard University, Asia Center Under the Ancestors Eyes
Book SynopsisUnder the Ancestors' Eyes elucidates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device by which the elite in Korea regained and maintained dominance during the Choson period. Using historical and social anthropological methodology, Martina Deuchler highlights Korea's distinctive elevation of the social over the political.
£56.91
Harvard University Press Repercussions of the Kalam in Jewish Philosophy
Book SynopsisIn his monumental Philosophy of the Kalam the late Harry Wolfsontruly the most accomplished historian of philosophy in our centuryexamined the early medieval system of Islamic philosophy. He studies its repercussions in Jewish thought in this companion bookan indispensable work for all students of Jewish and Islamic traditions. Wolfson believed that ideas are contagious, but that for beliefs to catch on from one tradition to another the recipients must be predisposed, susceptible. Thus he is concerned here not so much with the influence of Islamic ideas as with Jewish elaboration, adaptation, qualification, and criticism of them. To this end he examines passages reflecting Kalam views by a wide variety of Jewish thinkers, including Isaac Israeli, Judah Halevi, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Maimonides. As always in Wolfson's work, two aspects are apparent: the special dimensions of Jewish thought as well as its relation to other traditions. And as always his prose is both graceful and precise.Table of Contents1. ATTRIBUTES AND TRINITY 1. AL--MUKAMMAS 2. SAADIA 3. KIRKISANI 4. JOSEPH AL--BASIR 5. JOSEPH IBN SADDIK 6. JTJDAH HADASSI 7. MAIMON IDES 2. THE SEMANTIC ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM OF ATTRIBUTES 1. AL-MUKAMMAS 2. SAADIA 3. JOSEPH AL-BASIR 4. JOSEPH lEN SADDIK 5. JUDAH HALEVI 6. MAIMONIDES 3. CHRISTOLOGY 4. THE PRE--EXISTENT KORAN AND THE PRE--EXISTENT LAW 1. MINOR MIDRASHIM 2. SAADIA 3. KIRKISANI 4. JOSEPH AL-BASIR 5. JUDAH BEN BARZILLAI 6. JTJDAH HALEVI 7. ABRAHAM IBN EZRA 8. JUDAH HADASSI 9. MAIMONIDES 5. PRE--EXISTENT THRONE, AND CREATED WILL 1. PRE-EXISTENT THRONE 2. CREATED WILL 6. UNAPPROVED THEORIES OF CREATION 1. PLATO'S PRE--EXISTENT ETERNAL MATTER ATOMIZED 2. THE ETERNAL AIR OF ANAXIMENES EMANATIONALIZED 3. THE ETERNAL WATER OF A PARTLY NEOPLATONIZED THALES ATOMIZED 4. DUALISM 5. THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF EMPEDOCLES 6. THE INFINITE OF ANAXIMANDER 7. THE ARISTOTELIAN ETERNITY OF THE WORLD 8. EPICUREAN ATOMISM AND CHANCE 9. THE DAHRIYYAH'S ETERNITY OF THE WORLD AND WHO THE DAHRIYYAH WERE 10. THE "KNOW-NOTHINGISM" OF PROTAGORAS, PYRRHO, AND CARNEADES 7. THEORY OF ATOMS 8. CAUSALITY 1. SAADIA AND BAHYA 2. JUDAH HALEVI AND ABRAHAM IBN DAUD 3. MAIMONIDES 4. JOSEPH AL--BASIR AND JESHUA BEN JUDAH 5. IMPOSSIBILITIES 9. FREE WILL 1. MAIMONIDES' RESTATEMENT OF THE MUTAKALLIMUN'S VIEWS ON PREDESTINATION AND FREE WILL 2. THE ANTINOMIES OF FREE WILL INDEX
£78.36
Harvard University Press Encountering China
Book SynopsisIn Michael Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by their swift embrace of a market economy—one whose communitarian ideas resonate with China’s own rich, ancient philosophical traditions. This volume explores the connections and tensions revealed in this unlikely episode of Chinese engagement with the West.Trade ReviewA tremendous and growing group of scholars and young intellectuals in today’s China has been attracted to Michael Sandel—not only to his brilliant writings and public lectures but also to his personal charisma. This extraordinary book shows a sophisticated and challenging response to Sandel’s provocative and illuminating ideas on social justice, perfection, and the tensions between markets and morality. I might say that we Chinese people are encountering Michael Sandel’s philosophy as he is encountering China. It is really a proper and wonderful philosophical encounter! -- Wan Junren, Tsinghua UniversityThis rare but valuable dialogue between Michael Sandel and his distinguished Chinese philosophy interlocutors covers a wide range of fundamental issues in ethics and political philosophy. The surprising commonalities and intriguing differences between the two sides reassure us of both our shared humanity and its creative possibilities. -- Joseph Chan, The University of Hong KongThis book is a model of cross-cultural theorizing. Contemporary Chinese thinkers engage with Michael Sandel’s thought, and vice-versa, and our philosophical world is better off: we now know where we stand relative to each other and what we can learn from each other. -- Daniel A. Bell, Shandong University (Qingdao) and Tsinghua University (Beijing)Michael Sandel has exerted a shaping influence on Chinese public philosophy unprecedented since the reform and opening-up era of the 1980s. Insightful, practicable, and brilliant, his encounter with nine outstanding Confucian and Daoist scholars allows us to see some settled assumptions on republicanism in a new light. This book is comparative philosophy at its best. -- Tu Weiming, Peking University
£22.46
Princeton University Press The Other Side of Zen A Social History of St Zen
Book SynopsisPopular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the 'other side of Zen', by examining the movement's growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the Japanese religious landscape during the era.Trade Review"This book is required reading for any student of Zen Buddhism or Japanese religion and will remain a standard reference for years to come."--David E. Riggs, Monumenta Nipponica "[This book] presents so much new information in such an insightful and accessible manner. By doing so, The Other Side of Zen helps us to begin to realize just how much we do not know and do not understand. Williams shows us several previously unexplored landscapes and gives us a tour of a few of their notable features. One can only hope that the terra incognito he reveals will attract future scholars to map in more detail its ways and byways."--William M. Bodiford, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "The Other Side of Zen offers a rich, ground-breaking contribution to the history of the Soto Zen sect and of Tokugawa Japan."--Cristina Rocha, Philosophy East & West
£999.99
Princeton University Press The Tao of Architecture
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An extremely captivating and thought-provoking essay."--Artibus AsiaeTable of ContentsForeword to the Princeton Classics Edition v Foreword xix Introduction 3 National Life-movement in Architecture Vision 11 Variability and Complement 23 Balance and Equilibrium 41 Individuality and Unity 59 Conclusion 69
£12.34
Princeton University Press The Analects
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Of Note in the 2018 Freeman Book Awards (Young Adult / High School Books), Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University"
£17.09
Princeton University Press Just Hierarchy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Some of the most impressive parts of their book, which is written in the form of a lively conversation with plenty of provocative examples, compel the reader to understand the cultural value of hierarchy in Asian societies. . . . Regardless of whether you agree with it — and especially if you don’t — it is important to understand China’s case against participative political equality."---Rana Mitter, Financial Times"Finally, all human affairs are conducted through hierarchies, real or imagined, and for good or evil. So, we must understand them and chart our path carefully through that entangled landscape. Bell and Pei tell us that such a map will be multi-dimensional, drawing upon a variety of human traditions, practices and the findings of science. This book depicts such a journey of exploration, with each chapter focusing on one part of the terrain. As with all such ventures, forays in some directions will not be successful; others might unveil further mysteries or confusions, whilst just a few might indeed be truly illuminating. The patient traveller can look forward to a gripping experience and some deep insights, but he will have work to do when he gets home—how will our nations and societies implement those findings and harmonise them with others? The real journey starts there."---Ravi Bhoothalingam, China Report"Bell and Wang want us to acknowledge that beneficial hierarchies exist. And our job is to make use of them where appropriate to make a more just world. For as the authors take pain to insist, hierarchies exist no matter what, and it is our job as citizens to insist that they be the types that promote compassion and protection of the vulnerable—dare I say even economic justice—rather than those that do not."---Leanne Ogasawara, The New Rambler Review"This well-organized and well-written book raises important questions concerning the nature of social hierarchies worldwide, but especially in China and in relation to Eastern philosophical traditions including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. . . . Just Hierarchy is highly recommended for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary college courses, and will be an important acquisition for most academic libraries." * Choice Reviews *"Might China’s meritocratic system, and its implicit commitments to hierarchy, be the secret of its extraordinary success?. . . Daniel Bell and Pei Wang’s Just Hierarchy is a colorful exploration of the moral justifications behind elements of China’s success."---Chang Che, Los Angeles Review of Books"[W]ritten in crystalline, engaging prose. . . . [Just Hierarchy] makes the most compelling case ever made in English for a Confucian reform of social and political values in China and perhaps elsewhere."---James Hankins, American Affairs"There is little doubt that, despite the restrictions imposed by living in an increasingly illiberal authoritarian state, the hearts of the authors of Just Hierarchy are in the right place. Everyone recognizes that our world is defined by hierarchies, regardless of our rhetoric. Millennia of Confucian thought have attempted to humanize and moderate those hierarchies, precisely to protect the most vulnerable and make moral the most powerful."---Michael Auslin, Law and Liberty"Just Hierarchy is an original and bold project."---Elena Ziliotti, Res Publica"Daniel Bell and Wang Pei’s Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking justification for hierarchy, a concept that has been given virtually no attention in recent political science and political theory."---Sungmoon Kim, Perspectives on Politics"Bell and Wang’s Just Hierarchy is a remarkable contribution to the newly emerging world order, which necessitates expanding the mutual understanding and moving away from Eurocentric socio-cultural prejudices."---Dr. Müge Yüce, The Rest Journal"[An] ambitious and daring intellectual endeavor."---Shanruo Zhang, Journal of Chinese Humanities
£29.75
Princeton University Press Plato Goes to China
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year""A revelatory look at how China uses, and sometimes abuses, classical thought. . . . Like Plato’s dialogues themselves, [this book] breathes with drama."---Sean Durns, Washington Examiner"A valuable volume."---Rana Mitter, Times Literary Supplement"Bartsch’s work is especially fitting for our time."---Jesse Russell, The Federalist"Masterful. . . .There is so much to unpack in Bartsch’s deeply researched book."---Michael Sheridan, Engelsberg Ideas"Original and penetrating."---Paul Cartledge, Classics for All"A critical, highly relevant journey into China through scholars’ interpretations of the ancient Greeks." * Choice Reviews *
£25.20
Princeton University Press Just Hierarchy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Some of the most impressive parts of their book, which is written in the form of a lively conversation with plenty of provocative examples, compel the reader to understand the cultural value of hierarchy in Asian societies. . . . Regardless of whether you agree with it — and especially if you don’t — it is important to understand China’s case against participative political equality."---Rana Mitter, Financial Times"Finally, all human affairs are conducted through hierarchies, real or imagined, and for good or evil. So, we must understand them and chart our path carefully through that entangled landscape. Bell and Pei tell us that such a map will be multi-dimensional, drawing upon a variety of human traditions, practices and the findings of science. This book depicts such a journey of exploration, with each chapter focusing on one part of the terrain. As with all such ventures, forays in some directions will not be successful; others might unveil further mysteries or confusions, whilst just a few might indeed be truly illuminating. The patient traveller can look forward to a gripping experience and some deep insights, but he will have work to do when he gets home—how will our nations and societies implement those findings and harmonise them with others? The real journey starts there."---Ravi Bhoothalingam, China Report"Bell and Wang want us to acknowledge that beneficial hierarchies exist. And our job is to make use of them where appropriate to make a more just world. For as the authors take pain to insist, hierarchies exist no matter what, and it is our job as citizens to insist that they be the types that promote compassion and protection of the vulnerable—dare I say even economic justice—rather than those that do not."---Leanne Ogasawara, The New Rambler Review"This well-organized and well-written book raises important questions concerning the nature of social hierarchies worldwide, but especially in China and in relation to Eastern philosophical traditions including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. . . . Just Hierarchy is highly recommended for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary college courses, and will be an important acquisition for most academic libraries." * Choice Reviews *"Might China’s meritocratic system, and its implicit commitments to hierarchy, be the secret of its extraordinary success?. . . Daniel Bell and Pei Wang’s Just Hierarchy is a colorful exploration of the moral justifications behind elements of China’s success."---Chang Che, Los Angeles Review of Books"[W]ritten in crystalline, engaging prose. . . . [Just Hierarchy] makes the most compelling case ever made in English for a Confucian reform of social and political values in China and perhaps elsewhere."---James Hankins, American Affairs"There is little doubt that, despite the restrictions imposed by living in an increasingly illiberal authoritarian state, the hearts of the authors of Just Hierarchy are in the right place. Everyone recognizes that our world is defined by hierarchies, regardless of our rhetoric. Millennia of Confucian thought have attempted to humanize and moderate those hierarchies, precisely to protect the most vulnerable and make moral the most powerful."---Michael Auslin, Law and Liberty"Just Hierarchy is an original and bold project."---Elena Ziliotti, Res Publica"Daniel Bell and Wang Pei’s Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking justification for hierarchy, a concept that has been given virtually no attention in recent political science and political theory."---Sungmoon Kim, Perspectives on Politics"Bell and Wang’s Just Hierarchy is a remarkable contribution to the newly emerging world order, which necessitates expanding the mutual understanding and moving away from Eurocentric socio-cultural prejudices."---Dr. Müge Yüce, The Rest Journal"[An] ambitious and daring intellectual endeavor."---Shanruo Zhang, Journal of Chinese Humanities
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Princeton University Press The Formation of Chan Ideology in China and Korea
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Stanford University Press Li Yong 16271705 and Epistemological Dimensions
Book SynopsisThis study offers a methodological approach for comparative philosophy on the level of the philosophical system, examines Confucian philosophy as a philosophical system, with emphasis on its epistemological dimensions, and uses the thought of a particular thinker as an example of how the Confucian tradition was appropriated by individual thinkers.Trade Review“Presenting new material from a stimulating perspective, Birdwhistell’s work is both meticulous and fascinating. She comes to her material with a keen philosophic eye. Not only does she provide us with excellent sinological scholarship, but she puts the scholarship in the context of the development of Chinese philosophy, which she links to broader ecumenical and global philosophic issues. This work is therefore important to any philosopher interested in the development of world philosophy.”—John Berthong, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsAbbreviations; 1. Toward a search frame; 2. The learning of the sages; 3. To teach; 4. Li Yong's teachings; 5. To learn; 6. Concluding observations; Notes; Works cited; Character list; Index.
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Stanford University Press Mencius and Early Chinese Thought
Book SynopsisThroughout much of Chinese history, Mencius (372-289 b.c.) was considered the greatest Confucian thinker after Confucius himself. Following the enshrinement of the Mencius (an edited compilation of his thought by disciples or disciples of disciples) as one of the Four Books by Sung neo-Confucianists, he was studied by all educated Chinese.This study begins a reassessment of Mencius by studying his ethical thinking (how one should live) in relation to that of other early Chinese thinkers, including Confucius, Mo Tzu, the Yangists, and Hsün Tzu. It is the first of three planned studies on Mencius: the second volume will examine the reception and development of Mencian ideas by later thinkers, and the third will be a general philosophical discussion of Confucian ethics.Trade Review"Valuable as a reference source, it proviedes a way for us to get acquainted with current Mencius scholarship. Shun's meticulous analysis of such key concepts as ren and yi in the Mencius and other ancient texts not only demonstrates his erudition but renders a wonderful service to any students of early Chinese thought." -- Chinese Historians"With this ambitious undertaking, Shun is trying to become the definitive modern interpreter of Mencius, and in this volume he succeeds. . . . The book works at many levels and satisfies at each. For the sinologist it is thorough and precise, and for the ethicist and comparative philosopher it has much to offer as well." -- Choice"This book is an excellent resource for those interested in Mencian philosophy. . . . The author has given us a textual study that is philosophically illuminating and thought-provoking." -- China Review International"This impressive book studies Mencius's ethical though in its own terms and against competing contemporary thinkers. . . . Shun's scrupulous use of evidence gives full consideration to all possible views, not only those he favors. No one has heretofore treated this material with such convincing attention or sharpened our views of Mencius's thinking to this high glint." -- Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContents 1 1.1 1.2 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4
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Duke University Press Chinese Visions of World Order
Book SynopsisExamining the evolution of the Confucian doctrine of tianxia (all under heaven), which aspires to a unitary worldview that cherishes global justice and transcends social divides, the contributors show how it has shaped China's political organization, foreign policy, and worldview from the Han dynasty to the present.Trade Review“Chinese Visions of World Order is the best kind of edited volume; it gives the impression that its diverse array of contributions have been curated rather than commissioned.” -- Salvatore Babones * MCLC Resource Center *"Compiles a fascinating multiplicity of philosophical thoughts and historiographic accounts of the Chinese tianxia . . . . A good read for anyone interested in Chinese intellectual history and philosophy." -- Nele Noesselt * The China Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Ban Wang 1 Part I. Tianxia, Confucianism, and Empire 1. Tianxia and the Invention of Empire in East Asia / Mark Edward Lewis and Hsieh Mei-yu 25 2. From Empire to State: Kang Youwei, Confucian Universalism, and Unity / Wang Hui 49 3. The Chinese World Order and Planetary Sustainability / Prasenjit Duara 65 Part II. Tianxia, Cross-Cultural Learning, and Cosmopolitanism 4. The Moral Vision in Kang Youwei's Book of the Great Community / Ban Wang 87 5. Greek Antiquity, Chinese Modernity, and the Changing World Order / Yiquan Zhou 106 6. Realizing Tianxia: Traditional Values and China's Foreign Policy / Daniel A. Bell 129 Part III. Tianxia and Socialist Internationalism 7. Tianxia and Postwar Japanese Sinologists' Vision of the Chinese Revolution: The Cases of Nishi Junzō and Mizoguchi Yūzō / Viren Murthy 149 8. China's Lost World of Internationalism / Lin Chun 177 9. China's Tianxia Worldlings: Socialist and Postsocialist Cosmopolitanisms / Lisa Rofel 212 Part IV. Tianxia and Its Discontents 10. The Soft Power of the Constant Soldier: or, Why We Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the PLA / Haiyan Lee 237 11. Tracking Tianxia: On Intellectual Self-Positioning / Chishen Chang and Kuan-Hsing Chen 267 Bibliography 293 Contributors 319 Index 323
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Fordham University Press Circling the Elephant
Book SynopsisChristian theologians have for some decades affirmed that they have no monopoly on encounters with God or ultimate reality and that other religions also have access to religious truth and transformation. If that is the case, the time has come for Christians not only to learn about but also from their religious neighbors. Circling the Elephant affirms that the best way to be truly open to the mystery of the infinite is to move away from defensive postures of religious isolationism and self-sufficiency and to move, in vulnerability and openness, toward the mystery of the neighbor.Employing the ancient Indian allegory of the elephant and blind(folded) men, John J. Thatamanil argues for the integration of three often-separated theological projects: theologies of religious diversity (the work of accounting for why there are so many different understandings of the elephant), comparative theology (the venture of walking over to a different side of the elephant), and constructiTable of ContentsPreface: Autobiography and Comparative Theology | xi Note on Transliteration | xix Introduction: Revisiting an Old Tale | 1 1 Religious Difference and Christian Theology: Thinking About, Thinking With, and Thinking Through | 21 2 The Limits and Promise of Exclusivism and Inclusivism: Assessing Major Options in Theologies of Religious Diversity | 41 3 No One Ascends Alone: Toward a Relational Pluralism | 70 4 Comparative Theology after Religion? | 108 5 Defining the Religious: Comprehensive Qualitative Orientation | 152 6 The Hospitality of Receiving: Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Interreligious Learning | 193 7 God as Ground, Singularity, and Relation: Trinity and Religious Diversity | 213 8 This Is Not a Conclusion | 249 Acknowledgments | 259 Notes | 263 Index | 289
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University of Hawai'i Press Tracing Back the Radiance
Book SynopsisChinul (1158-1210) was the founder of the Korean tradition of Zen. Tracing Back the Radiance, an abridgment of Buswell's Korean Approach to Zen: The Collected Works of Chinul, combines an extensive introduction to Chinul's life and thought with translations of three of his most representative works.Trade ReviewBuswell’s linguistic ability is commendable, as is his impressive understanding of Buddhist philosophy and unflagging commitment to historic accuracy." —Journal of Asian Studies
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University of Hawai'i Press Definition and Induction A Historical and
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University of Hawai'i Press No Abode The Record of Ippen RyukokuIbs Studies
Book SynopsisIppen (1239-1289) was a wandering hijiri (holy man) and religious leader whose movement developed into one of the major schools of Japanese Buddhism. This text presents a translation of all of Ippen's extant writings, including letters and verse, together with records of his spoken words.
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University of Hawai'i Press The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture Asian Interactions Comparisons
Book SynopsisThis study uses the I Ching (Book of Changes) to investigate the role of Chinese learning in the development of thought and culture in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868). I Ching scholarship reached its apex during the Tokugawa.
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University of Hawai'i Press Philosophers of Nothingness An Essay on the Kyoto
Book SynopsisIn this study, the ideas of Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji are presented both as a consistent school of thought in its own right and as a challenge to the Western philosophical tradition to open itself to the original contribution of Japan.
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University of Hawai'i Press Daoist Identity History Lineage and Ritual Daoist Identity History Pa
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University of Hawai'i Press Tsungmi and the Sinification of Buddhism Studies
Book SynopsisThis study of Tsung-mi is part of the Studies in East Asian Buddhism series. Author Peter Gregory makes extensive use of Japanese secondary sources, which complements his work on the complex Chinese materials that form the basis of the study.Trade ReviewA superlative study of a most involved topic.... [Gregory's] scholarship is impeccable; his exhaustive use of the extensive Japanese secondary literature complements his facility with the extremely abstruse and difficult Chinese materials that form the basis of his study. - Journal of Asian Studies
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University of Hawai'i Press Treatise on Efficacy Between Western and Chinese
Book SynopsisIn this highly insightful analysis of Western and Chinese concepts of efficacy, François Jullien subtly delves into the metaphysical preconceptions of the two civilizations to account for diverging patterns of action in warfare, politics, and diplomacy.
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University of Hawai'i Press Treatise on Efficacy Between Western and Chinese
Book SynopsisIn this analysis of Western and Chinese concepts of efficacy, Francois Jullien delves into the metaphysical preconceptions of the two civilizations to account for diverging patterns of action in warfare, politics, and diplomacy.
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University of Hawai'i Press The Logic of Nothingness A Study of Nishida Kitaro Nanzan Library of Asian Religion Culture
Book SynopsisAddresses the influence of the Japanese philosophers that preceded Nishida Kitaro, and the logic of basho, the cornerstone of Nishida's mature philosophical system. This book includes a translation of one of Nishida's texts, that demonstrates the analysis of the logic of basho as an aid to deciphering the philosopher's early work.
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University of Hawaii Press The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition
Book SynopsisAn introduction to philosophy of Li Zezhou, one of the contemporary China's foremost intellectuals. It presents Li's synthesis of Chinese aesthetic thought, from ancient times to the early modern period, incorporating pre-Confucian and Confucian ideas, Daoism, Chan Buddhism, and the influence of Western philosophy during the late-imperial period.
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University of Hawai'i Press Wonhyos Philosophy of Mind II The International
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University of Hawai'i Press Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish
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University of Hawai'i Press Thus Spoke Laozi A New Translation with
Book SynopsisDaodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Chinese philosopher Laozi (Lao Tzu) is one of the most popular Chinese texts, with more than 100 translations available. Why yet another? Author Charles Q. Wu believes that his explorations of the infinite nature of the Daodejing can âœbring the readers yet another step closer to what Laozi actually says and how he says it through still another translation.â
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University of Hawai'i Press Engaging Japanese Philosophy
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University of Hawai'i Press Luminous Bliss
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University of Hawai'i Press Clear Serenity Quiet Insight
Book SynopsisThe Mo-ho chih-kuan by T'ien-t'ai Chih-I is among the most influential treatises in the long history of Buddhist scholarship. It is known for its brilliant insights and its systematic and comprehensive treatment of the Buddhist tradition. This volume presents the first complete, fully annotated translation of this work by one of today's foremost scholars on T'ien-t'ai (Tendai) Buddhism.
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University of Hawai'i Press Cultivating Original Enlightenment
Book SynopsisWonhyo (617-686) is the dominant figure in the history of Korean Buddhism and one of the most influential thinkers in the Korean philosophical tradition. This is Robert E. Buswell Jr’s translation Wonhyo's longest and culminating work, the Exposition of the Vajrasamâdhi-Sûtra (Kumgang Sammaegyong Non).
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University of Hawai'i Press Chinese Pure Land Buddhism Understanding a
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive overview of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. Chinese Pure Land Buddhism has previously received very little attention from western scholars. Charles B. Jones examines the reasons for the lack of scholarly attention and why the few past treatments of the topic missed many of its distinctive features.
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University of Hawai'i Press Chinese Buddhism
Book SynopsisWhat are the foundational scriptures and major schools for Chinese Buddhists? What divinities do they worship? What festivals do they celebrate? These are some of the basic questions addressed in this introduction to Chinese Buddhism written for students and those interested in an accessible yet authoritative overview of the subject.
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