Books Received

An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia. By Seyyed Hossein Nasr with Mehdi Aminrazavi. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xxx + 434. Hardcover $75.00.

Branches of Heaven: A History of the Imperial Clan of Sung China. By John W. Chaffee. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center/Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. xx + 441. Hardcover $45.00.

Chinese Thought in a Global Context: A Dialogue between Chinese and Western Philosophical Approaches. Edited by Karl-Heinz Pohl. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 1999. Pp. xxii + 406. Price not given.

Constructive Postmodernism: Toward Renewal in Cultural and Literary Studies. By Martin Schiralli. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin and Garvey, 1999. Pp. 163. Hardcover $55.00.

The Culture of Sexism. By Ignacio L. Götz. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1999. Pp. xiii + 125. Hardcover $49.95.

Die Religion des Ṛgved: Zweiter Teil—Kompositionsanalyse der Soma-Hymnen des Ṛgved. By Thomas Oberlies. Vienna Austria: Institut für Indologie der Universität Wien, 1999. Pp. xx + 313. Price not given.

Freedom through Inner Renunciation: Śankara's Philosophy in a New Light. By Roger Marcaurelle. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. Pp. xvii + 269. Paperback $19.95.

Good and Evil. By Richard Taylor. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1999. Pp. 336. Paper $18.95.

Historical Dictionary of the Baptists. By William H. Brackney. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1999. Pp. xxxii + 494. Hardcover $69.50.

Human Happiness and Morality: A Brief Introduction to Ethics. By Robert Almeder. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2000. Pp. 212. Hardcover $49.95. Paper $18.95.

Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation. By Helmuth von Glasenapp and translated by Shridhar B. Shrotri. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1999. Pp. xvi + 551. Price not given.

The Law of Peoples with "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited." By John Rawls. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. viii + 199. Hardcover $22.50.

The Leaven of the Ancients: Suhrawardī and the Heritage of the Greeks. By John Walbridge. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. Pp. xviii + 305. Paper $26.95.

Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu. Compiled, translated, and with an introduction by Makoto Ueda. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. Pp. ix + 273. Hardcover $49.50. Paper $17.50.

Original Tao: Inward Training and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism. By Harold D. Roth. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. Pp. xv + 275. Hardcover $29.50.

The Path of Light: A Guide to 21st Century Discipleship and Spiritual Practice in the Kriya Yoga Tradition. By Roy Eugene Davis. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1998. Pp. 155. Price not given.

The Philosophy of the Upanishads. By Paul Deussen and translated by Rev. A. S. Geden. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1999. Pp. xiv + 429. Price not given.

Prisms and Mind: Unifying Psychology, Physics and Theology. By Zach Shatz. Berkeley: Prismind Publications, 2000. Pp. 69. Paper $5.95.

Research Conversations and Narrative: A Critical Hermeneutic Orientation in Participatory Inquiry. By Ellen A. Herda. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1999. Pp. xii + 173. Hardcover $59.95.

Revolutionary Social Transformation: Democratic Hopes, Political Possibilities and Critical Education. By Paula Allman. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin and Garvey, 1999. Pp. xxii + 155. Hardcover $49.95.

Samaṇ Suttaṁ. Compiled by Sri Jinendra Varni, edited by Prof. Sagarmal Jain and translated by Justice T. K. Tukol and Dr. K. K. Dixit. New Delhi: Bhagwan Mahavir Memorial Samiti, 1999. Pp. xxiii + 290. Hardcover Rs. 100/. Paper Rs. 80/.

Śankarācārya's Concept of Relation. By Sara Grant. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1999. Pp. xiv + 205. Price not given.

The Study of Human Nature: A Reader. Edited by Leslie Stevenson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. vi + 330. Price not given.

Treefall. By John Hansen. New York: Vantage Press, 1999. Pp. xxvi + 305. Hardcover $22.95.

Varṇadharma, Nishkāma Karma and Practical Morality: A Critical Essay on Applied Ethics. By Rajendra Prasad. New Delhi: D. K. Printworld (P) Ltd., 1999. Pp. xii + 291. Price not given.

Who Am I? An Autobiography of Emotion, Mind, and Spirit. By Yi-Fu Tuan. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. Pp. vii + 139. Hardcover $21.95.