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1 online resource (x, 350 pages) |
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Introduction : What does it mean for texts and traditions to migrate? -- From the West. The migration of Aristotelian philosophy to China in the 17th century ; The reformulation of the philoponean proofs in mediaeval Jewish thought ; Putting Islam and 'The West' together again : the philosophy of M.M. Sharif ; British idealism as a migrating tradition ; The migration of ideas and Afrikaans philosophy in South Africa ; Heidegger, Japanese aesthetics, and the idea of a 'Dialogue' between East and West ; Hermeneutics and the migration of philosophical traditions in East Asia -- From the east and the south. Dārā Shukoh and the transmission of the Upaniṣads to Islam ; A Buddhist 'good life' theory : Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra ; Sharing insights : Buddhism and recent Aristotelian ethics ; Process concepts of text, practice, and No Self in Buddhism ; On Being enabled to say what Is "Truly Real" ; The philosophers of Al Andalus and European modernity ; Radhakrishnan and the construction of philosophical dialogue across cultural traditions -- Theoretical issues. Philosophy-in-Place and texts Out of Place ; Migrating texts : a hermeneutical perspective ; Text, rationality, and knowledge in Indian philosophy ; Afterword : Migration: explanation, analysis, and directions |
| Summary |
There can be little dispute that culture influences philosophy: we see this in the way that classical Greek culture influenced Greek philosophy, that Christianity influenced mediaeval western philosophy, that French culture influenced a range of philosophies in France from Cartesianism to post-modernism, and so on. Yet many philosophical texts and traditions have also been introduced into very different cultures and philosophical traditions than their cultures of origin - through war and colonialization, but also through religion and art, and through commercial relations and globalization. And this raises questions such as: What is it to do French philosophy in Africa, or Analytic philosophy in India, or Buddhist philosophy in North America? This volume examines the phenomenon of the 'migration' of philosophical texts and traditions into other cultures, identifies places where it may have succeeded, but also where it has not, and discusses what is presupposed in introducing a text or a tradition into another intellectual culture |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Philosophy -- Historiography
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Culture diffusion -- History
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Intercultural communication -- History
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Transmission of texts -- History
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PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
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Culture diffusion
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Intercultural communication
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Philosophy -- Historiography
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Transmission of texts
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sweet, William, 1955- editor
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| ISBN |
9780776607078 |
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0776607073 |
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