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    1.144,95 kr.

    This volume focuses on the gradual emergence of modern Indian philosophy through the cross-cultural encounter between indigenous Indian and Western traditions of philosophy, during the colonial period in India, specifically in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • af Debidatta A. Mahapatra
    1.187,95 - 1.197,95 kr.

  • - Perspectives on the Return of Religion in the Contemporary West
     
    999,95 kr.

    This volume explores timely topics in contemporary political and social debates. It addresses questions raised by the recent, much-touted return to religion, including possible reasons for the return and its practical, political, and intellectual prospects.

  • - A Comparative Study
    af German McKenzie
    758,95 - 1.202,95 kr.

  • - The Negative Way in Nagarjuna and John of the Cross
    af C. D. Sebastian
    621,95 - 833,95 kr.

    This book explores 'nothingness', the negative way found in Buddhist and Christian traditions, with a focused and comparative approach.

  • - Cross-Cultural Perspectives
     
    999,95 kr.

    This volume examines the motives behind rejections of beauty often found within contemporary art practice, where much critically acclaimed art is deliberately ugly and alienating.

  • - An Abundance of Riches
     
    999,95 kr.

    This book introduces the special dynamics of women and their close relationships with the gift in both past and contemporary religious settings. The volume examines topics such as sainthood and sacrifice so as to refine these ideas in constructive ways that do not devalue women.

  • af Meera Baindur
    484,95 - 999,95 kr.

    Working within a framework of environmental philosophy and environmental ethics, this book describes and postulates alternative understandings of nature in Indian traditions of thought, particularly philosophy.

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    888,95 kr.

    As a Festschrift, this book celebrates and honours the scholarly achievements of Professor Jaysankar Lal Shaw, one of the most eminent and internationally acclaimed comparative philosophers of our times. Original works by leading international philosophers and logicians are presented here, exploring themes such as: meaning, negation, perception and Indian and Buddhist systems of philosophy, especially Nyaya perspectives.Professor Shaw¿s untiring effort to solve some of the problems of contemporary philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, metaphysics and morals from the perspectives of classical Indian philosophers or systems of philosophy is deserving of a tribute. Chapters in this volume reflect the diverse aspects of Shaw¿s contribution to comparative philosophy and are organised into four sections: Language, Epistemology, Mathematics and Logic, Ethics and Politics.These chapters would appeal to anyone interested in philosophy or East-West thinking, including students and professionals. Graduates and researchers with interests in epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy, logic and non-western philosophy will find this work highly relevant.Regarding the editors, Purushottama Bilimoria is a honorary professor at Deakin University and research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia, a Visiting Professor and Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley and Graduate Theological Union; Michael Hemmingsen is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.

  • af Bindu Puri
    833,95 kr.

    The Tagore-Gandhi Debate on Matters of Truth and Untruth

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    484,95 kr.

    The liberal enlightenment as well as the more radical left have both traditionally opposed religion as a reactionary force in politics, a view culminating in an identification of the politics of religion as fundamentalist theocracy.

  • - Theoretical Renewals
     
    578,95 kr.

    The volume includes contributions by leading contemporary scholars on Tagore and analyses Tagore's literature, music, theatre, aesthetics, politics and art against contemporary theoretical developments in postcolonial literature and social theory.

  • - The Philosophy of Robert C. Solomon
     
    1.851,95 kr.

    The multiplicity of topics alone make this keystone work an enlightening read for a full spectrum of students of philosophy, providing much to ponder and recounting a subtle and shining example of the emotional integrity Solomon worked so hard to define.

  • - Orality, Literacy and the Problem of Inheritance
    af D. Venkat Rao
    1.031,95 - 1.110,95 kr.

    The first comprehensive analytical work on cultural memory in South Asia, this volume engages with cultures of memory that survive in speech and gesture, exploring the multilingual subcontinent's heterogeneous responses to European textual inheritances.

  • - Perspectives on the Return of Religion in the Contemporary West
     
    1.144,95 kr.

    Secularisations and Their Debates

  • af Thomas B. Ellis
    940,95 - 1.214,95 kr.

    In this book, the author shows how the Hindu philosopher Mehta's sense of cross-cultural philosophy and religious thought reflect the work of Heidegger, Gadamer and Derrida, leading to his concepts of 'postcolonial hermeneutics' and the 'negative messianic.'

  • - Phenomenology, Wittgenstein, and Eastern thought
    af Eiichi Tosaki
    758,95 - 1.031,95 kr.

    This volume investigates the meaning of visual rhythm through Piet Mondrian's unique approach to understanding rhythm in the compositional structure of painting, drawing reference from philosophy, aesthetics, and Zen culture.

  • - Theoretical Renewals
     
    484,95 kr.

    The volume includes contributions by leading contemporary scholars on Tagore and analyses Tagore's literature, music, theatre, aesthetics, politics and art against contemporary theoretical developments in postcolonial literature and social theory.

  • af Makarand R. Paranjape
    1.222,95 kr.

    Spanning the years from 1800 to 1950, this book probes the lives of a dozen makers of modern India, examining their relationships with British colonialism and Indian tradition. Traces religious and social reforms and the impact of the English language on them.

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    1.122,95 kr.

    This volume examines mystical experiences as portrayed in various ways by "authors" such as philosophers, mystics, psychoanalysts, writers, and peasant women.

  • - East and West Perspectives
     
    999,95 kr.

    This volume addresses the issue of the human encounter with the Mystery of God and the purpose of human life.

  • - A Confucian-Marxist's Viewpoint
    af Zehou Li
    1.122,95 kr.

    Beginning with the assumption that the question at heart of Kant's philosophy is "What is the human being?" Li offers a highly original answer by arguing that the root of Kant's "transcendental" knowledge, universal forms, moral autonomy, and aesthetics can be found in the practical and social activities associated with tool-making.

  • - Why the Evidence Disproves God's Existence
    af Raphael Lataster
    849,95 kr.

    This leaves no question that theism is almost certainly false, even if some form of divine reality exists. This project seeks not to argue that Christianity or any other faith or religion is undesirable, but only to critically examine evidentialist claims posited by Christianity's learned apologists.

  • - The Philosophy of Robert C. Solomon
     
    1.851,95 kr.

    The multiplicity of topics alone make this keystone work an enlightening read for a full spectrum of students of philosophy, providing much to ponder and recounting a subtle and shining example of the emotional integrity Solomon worked so hard to define.

  • - A Confucian-Marxist's Viewpoint
    af Zehou Li
    803,95 kr.

    Beginning with the assumption that the question at heart of Kant's philosophy is "What is the human being?" Li offers a highly original answer by arguing that the root of Kant's "transcendental" knowledge, universal forms, moral autonomy, and aesthetics can be found in the practical and social activities associated with tool-making.

  • af Lenart Skof
    484,95 - 888,95 kr.

    This book offers an original contribution towards a new theory of intersubjectivity which places ethics of breath, hospitality and non-violence in the forefront.

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    833,95 kr.

    The liberal enlightenment as well as the more radical left have both traditionally opposed religion as a reactionary force in politics, a view culminating in an identification of the politics of religion as fundamentalist theocracy.

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    1.222,95 kr.

    Several areas in the investigation of St. Thomas Aquinas, however, remain under-explored. Contributors to this section examine the reception, creative appropriation, and various points of convergence between St. Thomas and the East.

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    1.222,95 kr.

    Several areas in the investigation of St. Thomas Aquinas, however, remain under-explored. Contributors to this section examine the reception, creative appropriation, and various points of convergence between St. Thomas and the East.

  • - Why the Evidence Disproves God's Existence
    af Raphael Lataster
    621,95 kr.

    This leaves no question that theism is almost certainly false, even if some form of divine reality exists. This project seeks not to argue that Christianity or any other faith or religion is undesirable, but only to critically examine evidentialist claims posited by Christianity's learned apologists.

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