eBooks - Education - Education - Oliver Leaman - Encyclopaedia of Asian Philosophy
Encyclopaedia of Asian Philosophy eBook
editor Oliver Leaman
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Encyclopaedia of Asian Philosophy Summary
| <P>From Abhidharma to Zurvan, this important new resource identifies and defines the principal concepts and individuals in Asian philosophy throughout the world. The comprehensive geographic coverage encompasses China, Japan, India, the Middle East, the United States and Australasia, with an emphasis on contemporary developments and movements. <br>Featuring 650 signed A-Z entries, the <i>Encyclopedia</i> emphasises the present-day vitality of Asian philosophy, and provides extensive coverage of trends such as the reciprocal exchange of theories between East and West, and new schools of thought such as orientalism.<br>Entries include: <i>* Confucius and Confucianism * karma * shamanism * no-self * Madhyamaka School of Buddhism * hungry ghosts * orientalism * Ramanuja * simplicity * Yi Yulgok * Wantokism * Chuang-tzu/Zhuangzi * tantra * harmony</i> <i>* Sufism * Yin-Yang * Mulla Sadra * Zen *</i> and much more. <br>Cross-references; bibliographies and annotated suggestions for further reading; variants provided for all foreign terms (e.g. Pali/Sanskrit, Arabic/Persian).</P> |
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