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Eastern Philosophy

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31st January 2013

Price: £10.99

Selected:  ebook / ISBN-13: 9781780226026

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A magisterial overview of the philosophies of the East.

‘The time has come for global philosophy to move beyond the model where the West is at the centre of radiating spokes of comparison.’ Challenging the notion that Western philosophy is the best or only yardstick against which to judge the so-called ‘non-Western’ philosophies, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad sets up a lively debate in which the great thought systems of the East are engaged very much in their own terms. The author’s impressive sweep takes him through South Asia east to China and Japan, encompassing 3000 years of philosophy and including the ancient philosophies of India, Jainism, Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism.

At the same time, Ram-Prasad dispels the romantic illusion that there is some common mystical ‘wisdom tradition’ that binds together the cultures of the East. His aim is to give a sense of the diversity and depth of these philosophical cultures, as well as their sophistication and originality; and to make comparisons between them to illuminate their varied yet potentially universal appeal.

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