Title
Asian worldviews : religions, philosophies, political theories / Rein Raud, Professor of Asian and Cultural Studies, Tallinn University, Estonia.
Publication
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.
Summary
"The aim of this book is to acquaint its reader with the rich thought traditions of Asia (India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet and South-East Asia), which have mutually influenced each other throughout history and consequently share large parts of their intellectual heritage. It can serve both as an introductory textbook for the future specialist and as a source of background knowledge for those whose primary interest lies outside Asian studies, be it religious studies, Western philosophy, political science or anything else. No previous knowledge of the history or cultures of this region is presupposed, entanglement in specific debates is avoided and names and terms have been kept to the minimum. If you think that an educated person anywhere in the world should know who are St.Augustine, Luther and Mother Theresa, or Aristotle, Kant and Wittgenstein, or Machiavelli, Rousseau and Marx, or what is the meaning of "cardinal sin", cogito and "separation of powers", the names and terms printed bold in this book are those you should be familiar with from a range of Asian points of view. I have done my best to keep the scope of the book equally balanced throughout and to maintain a more or less similar level of coverage in all areas. The book thus addresses all teachings, schools and individuals that have usually been included in the range of such introductory intellectual histories. However, the reader will notice that some authors and ideas not always present in similar overviews, such as feminist theorists, have been given more space here than has been customary up to now"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Electronic version: Raud, Rein. Asian worldviews. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2021
Contents
Machine generated contents note: The Brahmanist Worldview
Reform Movements: Jains and Buddhism
The Development of Hinduism
Philosophical Systems
Indian Worldviews Under Muslim Rule
Modern Indian Thought
The Beginnings
Classical Chinese Thought: The Hundred Schools
From Han to Tang
From Song to Qing
From the Fall of the Empire to the Present
Prehistory and the Aristocratic Period
The Age of the Warriors: From Kamakura to Edo
Japanese Modernity: From Meiji to the Present
Korea
Tibet
Indic South East Asia
Vietnam.