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Asian Texts, Asian Contexts

Jones, David [u.a.] (Hrsg.):
Asian texts, Asian contexts : encounters with Asian philosophies and religions / edited by David Jones and E. R. Klein. - Albany : State University of New York Press, 2010. - vii, 287 S. : Ill. - (SUNY series in Asian studies development)
ISBN 978-1-4384-2675-4
US$ 68,50 (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4384-2676-1
US$ 21,95 (Paperback)
DDC: 181

Beschreibung
In an increasingly global society, non-Western thought can no longer be an afterthought for educators and their students. Asian Texts - Asian Contexts helps bring Asian philosophy and religion into wider classroom consideration by giving nonspecialists entrée to primary texts from India, China, and Japan and pedagogical strategies for presenting this material to Western students.
   The texts section includes material on Buddhism, Daoism, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophy. In the contexts section, nonspecialists are presented with ways to think about the integration of Asian material that includes considerations of religion, philosophy, history, and art. These useful and accessible essays are written with the nonspecialist in mind, but provide a creative edge that will be of interest to specialists as well. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
David Jones and Ellen Klein: Introduction. 1
PART I: ENCOUNTERING ASIAN PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGIONS
John M. Koller: The Importance of Asian Philosophy in the Curriculum. 15
Roger T. Ames: The Confucian Worldview: Uncommon Assumptions, Common Misconceptions. 30
PART II: TEXTS
India:
Vrinda Dalmiya: On the Battlefield of Dharma: The Moral Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gītā. 51
Jeffrey Dippmann: Vimalakīrti's Triumphant Silence: Bridging Indian and East Asian Buddhism. 64
Tom Pynn: The Things of This World Are Masks the Infinite Assumes: Inroducing Samkhya and Yoga Philosophy. 76
China:
Ronnie Littlejohn: Too Twisted to Fit a Carpenter's Square: Using and Teaching the Daodejing. 93
Robin R. Wang: Performing the Meanings of Dao: A Possible Pedagogical Strategy for Teaching Chinese Philosophy. 106
Xinyan Jiang: Mengzi: Human Nature Is Good. 118
Japan:
Brian Schroeder: The Dilemma of Dōgen. 133
Gereon Kopf: The Absolute Contradictory What: On How to Read the Philosophy of Nishida Kitarō? 143
Jason Wirth: “The bottom of my soul has such depth that neither joy nor the waves of sorrow can reach it”: An Introduction to the Kyoto School. 159
PART III: CONTEXTS
Frameworks:
John A. Tucker: History as a Vehicle for the Universal. 179
Francis Brassard: Asking the Right Questions. 188
Shigenori Nagatomo: A Sketch of the Diamond Sutra's Logic of Not. 197
Art:
Harriette D. Grissom: Nama-rupa: The Paradox of Embodiment in Indian Art. 211
Stephen J. Goldberg: Philosophical Reflection and Visual Art in Traditional China. 227
Philosophy:
Mary I. Bockover: Teaching Chinese Philosophy from the Outside In. 243
James Peterman: A Strategy for Integrating Confucius's Analects into a Typical Introduction to Philosophy Course. 256
Contributors. 271
Index. 281

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DAVID JONES is Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University and editor of Confucius Now: Contemporary Encounters with the Analects. Homepage.
E. R. KLEIN is an independent scholar. Her books include People First! Professional and Business Ethics without Ethics.

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