Synopses & Reviews
In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, sixteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The essays unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often neglected
Table of Contents
Understanding order : the Chinese perspective / David L. Hall and Roger T. Ames -- Ways of Japanese thinking / Graham Parkes -- Traditional American Indian attitudes toward nature / J. Baird Callicott and Thomas W. Overholt -- Pre-Columbian and modern philosophical perspectives in Latin America / Jorge Valadez -- Arabic philosophy / Eric Ormsby -- Persian philosophy / Homayoon Sepasi-Tehrani and Janet Flesch -- The myth of authenticity : personhood, traditional culture and African philosophy / Jacqueline Trimier -- Indian philosophies / Stephen H. Phillips -- Esoteric philosophy / Robert A. Mcdermott.