In this Book
- Migrating Texts and Traditions
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Ottawa Press
- Series: Actexpress
summary
There can be little dispute that culture influences philosophy: we see this in the way that classical Greek culture influenced Greek philosophy, that Christianity influenced mediaeval western philosophy, that French culture influenced a range of philosophies in France from Cartesianism to post-modernism, and so on.
Yet many philosophical texts and traditions have also been introduced into very different cultures and philosophical traditions than their cultures of origin – through war and colonialization, but also through religion and art, and through commercial relations and globalization. And this raises questions such as: What is it to do French philosophy in Africa, or Analytic philosophy in India, or Buddhist philosophy in North America?
This volume examines the phenomenon of the ‘migration’ of philosophical texts and traditions into other cultures, identifies places where it may have succeeded, but also where it has not, and discusses what is presupposed in introducing a text or a tradition into another intellectual culture.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. 4
- Copyright Notice
- p. 5
- Table of Contents
- pp. 6-9
- Part I - From the West
- Part II - From the East and the South
- Part III - Theoretical Issues
- Contributors
- pp. 347-350
Additional Information
ISBN
9780776620312
Related ISBN(s)
9780776607078
MARC Record
OCLC
828490353
Pages
400
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No