A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (eBook)

Steven M. Emmanuel (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
760 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-32391-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most
comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the
very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most
important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist
philosophy.

* Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy
available, covering social and political thought, meditation,
ecology and contemporary issues and applications

* Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship
that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of
Buddhist thought

* Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to
instructors in creating a syllabus

* Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives
on topics to those available in Western traditions

Autor

Steven M. Emmanuel is Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Wesleyan College, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard and the Logic of Revelation (1996) and editor of two previous volumes with Blackwell: The Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche (2001) and Modern Philosophy: An Anthology (2002). In 2008, he produced and directed an award-winning documentary film entitled Making Peace with Viet Nam.

Rezensionen

"All in all, this collection of essays is an invaluable
resource on Buddhism, particularly for Western students. Each
essay was written with great sophistication, rigor, and insight,
and all are highly readable. Summing Up: Highly
recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through
researchers/faculty." (Choice, 1 November
2013)

"How one should approach a study of the world system of Buddhism is
a challenge both because of its vast history and its remarkable
diversity. This collection by teacher-scholars of the tradition
provides just what is needed: a set of forty-four essays of an
ideally manageable length for study and classroom use and grouped
according to a wide array of categories and topics from which many
responsible paths of introduction can easily be constructed."

--Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University

"An invaluable resource for anyone studying or teaching
Buddhism. The essays are written by superb scholars and discuss
every aspect of Buddhist philosophy with sophistication, rigor, and
insight."

--Erin McCarthy, St. Lawrence University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: Buddhism • Buddhismus • Buddhistische Philosophie • Philosophie • Philosophy • Philosophy of Religion • Religion & Theology • Religionsphilosophie • Religion u. Theologie • Weltphilosophie • World philosophy
• ISBN-10: 1-118-32391-2 / 1118323912
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-32391-5 / 9781118323915