Asian Texts - Asian Contexts: Encounters with Asian Philosophies and Religions (SUNY series in Asian Studies Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438426763 ISBN 13: 9781438426761

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2010

Synopsis

An overview of some of the great texts of Asian philosophy and religion, along with an exploration of the contexts in which they arose.

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.

About this title

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438426763
• ISBN 13: 9781438426761
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Jones David, Klein E. R.