Eastern Philosophy: The Basics is an essential introduction to major Indian and Chinese philosophies, both past and present. Exploring familiar...
Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three...
Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible...
The essays in this book explore the consequences of globalization for democracy, covering issues which include whether democracy implies exclusion or...
Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers is a panoramic survey of over 2,000 years of Jewish thought, religious and secular, ancient and modern. Now in its second...
A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan from...
Although Islamic philosophy represents one of the leading philosophical traditions in the world, it has only recently begun to receive the attention...
An understanding of what we mean by the present is one of the key issues in literature, philosophy, and culture today, but also one of the most...
Confucian Reflections: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times is about the early Chinese Confucian classic the "Analects" Lunyu, attributed to the founder of...
A collection of Syriac medical remedies, from a manuscript dated 1888; the origin is uncertain; the inscription mentions Galen.