Classic Asian Philosophy: A Guide to the Essential Texts - Hardcover

Kupperman, Joel J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019513334X ISBN 13: 9780195133349

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

In recent years, Asian philosophies have captured increasing attention in the West, setting off a profusion of new translations of classic Asian philosophical texts like the Analects and the Tao te Ching. Yet these texts are often inaccessible to Western readers because of subtleties of the concepts and other difficulties inherent in reading across cultures.

Classic Asian Philosophy is designed to give someone new to Asian philosophy a clear sense of its most foundational and widely available texts, ranging from the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita through Confucius to Zen. It presents philosophies that are at the roots of the cultures of India, China, Korea, and Japan, as well as other countries of south and east Asia. Each chapter brings a classic text to life, conveying the vitality and appeal of the work, while at the same time explaining its philosophical roots and the reasons for the positions it takes. The only book of its kind, Classic Asian Philosophy is an highly accessible guide to philosophy and culture, as well as a guide to further reading.

About this title

About the Author:

Joel J. Kupperman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and has been a visiting fellow at colleges in Oxford and Cambridge. His books include Ethical Knowledge (1970), The Foundations of Morality (1983), Character (1991), Value...and what Follows (Oxford, 1999), and Learning from Asian Philosophy (Oxford, 1999).

Review:

"It is in part because it both opens paths and draws the reader to travel further along them that Kupperman's book is an exemplary illustration of how we in the West can profit from resources available outside our own traditions."--Philosophy of East and West

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 019513334X
• ISBN 13: 9780195133349
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176