Philosophy East and West back issues from January 2008:
Remembering Professor Yegane Shayegan.(Obituary)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... World Philosophy mourns the loss of Professor Yegane Shayegan. Half Iranian and half Georgian, Professor Shayegan was destined to a cosmopolitan life from a young age. She studied Islamic philosophy in Geneva (Switzerland) and at Harvard University where she received her PhD degree with a ...
Moderation or the middle way: two approaches to anger.(Essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Most of us tend to be Aristotelians when it comes to anger. While admitting that uncontrolled anger is harmful and ought to be avoided, we reject as undesirable a state of being that does not allow us to express legitimate outrage. Hence, we seem to find a compelling moral attitude in ...
Consequentialism, agent-neutrality, and Mahayana ethics.(Essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... During the past three decades, Western scholars have begun to study Buddhist ethics in a serious way. This development may soon make possible a fruitful dialogue between Buddhist and Western traditions of ethical reflection in which each tradition might be enriched by the ideas of the ...
Activity and communal authority: localist lessons from puritan and Confucian communities.
Jan 01, 2008; ... Harmony, Particularity, and Communal Authority The following ancient story, a commentary often associated with a brief statement from the Analects--"The Master said: 'A gentleman seeks harmony, but not conformity. A vulgar man seeks conformity, but not harmony'" (13.23) ...
On Dogen and Derrida.(Eihei Dogen and Jacques Derrida)(Viewpoint essay)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Religion and philosophy. I suppose they make a little bit of an odd couple in academic departments. I get the feeling that, despite the trend toward interdisciplinary studies, philosophers just don't feel comfortable studying someone who's considered primarily a religious thinker, and vice ...
From the "Topos of Nothingness" to the "space of transparency": Kitaro Nishida's notion of shintai and its influence on art and architecture (Part 1).
Jan 01, 2008; ... While Kitaro Nishida's notion of shintai, or the body, has been explored in some studies, there have rarely been attempts to show how it has influenced art and architecture in specific cases that have cultural significance. The influence of Nishida's philosophy in fact did extend to art ...
Cosmogony as political philosophy.
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction This article examines Zhou Dunyi's [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] (1017-1073) Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate Explained (Taiji tushuo [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]) (hereafter, Diagram Explained) and its shifting interpretations-in particular those of Zhu Xi ...
From art of war to Attila the Hun: a critical survey of recent works on philosophy/spirituality and business leadership.
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction What is the key to decision-making and interpersonal skills that are effective and productive in this global era of cross-cultural business communications and negotiations? Is there something distinctive about the social values or worldview of East Asia that has led ...
Buddhism in the Public Sphere: Reorienting Global Interdependence.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Buddhism in the Public Sphere: Reorienting Global Interdependence. By Peter D. Hershock. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. Pp. 229. In a series of important books, Peter Hershock has been developing a new way to understand Buddhist awakening, and using this understanding to ...
The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore. By Kalyan Sen Gupta. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2005. Pp. 103. Hardcover $79.95. Discerning the philosophy of a poet is a difficult task. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a visionary whose music, poetry, dramas, essays, ...
Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity. By Cristina Rocha. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006. Hardcover $37.00. Pp. xii + 256. The localized site of Cristina Rocha's Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity is a country of over 180 million people ...
The Book of Rinzai Roku.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Book of Rinzai Roku. Translated by Eido Shimano. New York: Zen Studies Society, 2005. Pp. 167. Hardcover. $30.00. The Book of Rinzai (Linji) contains the recorded sayings of Zen Master Rinzai, translated and presented here by Eido Shimano Roshi. The text proper consists of a ...
Samadhi: The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Samadhi: The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga. By Stuart Ray Sarbacker. SUNY Series in Religious Studies. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. Pp. xi + 189. Stuart Sarbacker's Samadhi: The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga attempts to reframe ...
Books received.
Jan 01, 2008 ... Another Asia: Rabindranath Tagore and Okakura Tenshin. By Rustom Bharucha. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xxiv + 236. Hardcover Rs. 820.00. Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as Buddhist Path. By Dennis Hirota. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter GmbH, 2006 ....