A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (Paperback)

Mohammed Rustom

ISBN 10: 1800505477 / ISBN 13: 9781800505476

Published by Equinox Publishing Ltd, London, 2025

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Paperback. This first of its kind sourcebook brings together over fifty leading contemporary philosophers and translators in order to highlight the depth, diversity, and creativity of non-Western philosophical traditions. It does so by featuring the major ideas, themes, and arguments of Africana, Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, Jewish, Latin American, Mesoamerican, Native American, and Taoist philosophy through translations of nearly one hundred philosophical texts from sixteen different languages (namely, Arabic, Aramaic, Chinese, Mayan, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Judeo-Arabic, Korean, Maasai, Persian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tibetan, Turkish, and Urdu). The volume also contains several key works of global philosophy originally written in English. Topics covered include metaphysics, cosmology, epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, ethics, storytelling, philosophy of religion, selfhood, death, and freedom. A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy will prove to be indispensable to all students and teachers of philosophy, religion, and comparative literature. This first of its kind sourcebook brings together over fifty leading contemporary philosophers and translators to highlight the depth, diversity and creativity of non-Western philosophical traditions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (Paperback)
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800505477
• ISBN 13: 9781800505476
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This first of its kind sourcebook brings together over fifty leading contemporary philosophers and translators in order to highlight the depth, diversity, and creativity of non-Western philosophical traditions. It does so by featuring the major ideas, themes, and arguments of Africana, Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, Jewish, Latin American, Mesoamerican, Native American, and Taoist philosophy through translations of nearly one hundred philosophical texts from sixteen different languages (namely, Arabic, Aramaic, Chinese, Mayan, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Judeo-Arabic, Korean, Maasai, Persian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tibetan, Turkish, and Urdu). The volume also contains several key works of global philosophy originally written in English. Topics covered include metaphysics, cosmology, epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, ethics, storytelling, philosophy of religion, selfhood, death, and freedom. A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy will prove to be indispensable to all students and teachers of philosophy, religion, and comparative literature.

About the Author

Mohammed Rustom is Professor of Islamic Thought at Carleton University and Executive Director of the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies. An award-winning author whose works have been translated into over ten languages, his most recent book is entitled Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (SUNY Press, 2023).