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Transversality is the keyword that permeates the spirit of these thirteen essays spanning almost half a century, from 1965 to 2009. The essays are exploratory and experimental in nature and are meant to be a transversal linkage between phenomenology and East Asian philosophy. Transversality is the concept that dispels all ethnocentrisms, including Eurocentrism. In the globalizing world of multiculturalism, Eurocentric universalism falls far short of being universal but simply parochial at the expense of the non-Western world. Transversality is intercultural, interspecific, interdisciplinary

1. On the historicity of "the political" : rajaniti and politics in modern Indian thought / Sudipta Kaviraj -- 2. Latin American approaches to "the political" / Laurence Whitehead -- 3. Communism, Confucianism, and charisma : the political in modern China / Rana Mitter -- 4. Lineages of political society / Partha Chatterjee -- 5. Acting and acting out : conceptions of political participation in the Middle East / Charles Tripp -- 6. Citizenship after Orientalism : genealogical investigations / Engin F. Isin -- 7. Forms of participation in Muslim political heritage / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- 8. On vernacular cosmopolitanisms, multiple modernities, and the task of comparative political thought / Olivier Remaud -- 9. When is comparative political thought (not) comparative? : dialogues, (dis)continuities, creativity, and radical difference in Heidegger and Nishida / Chris Goto-Jones.

A unique workshop held at the University of Calgary in 2007 marked the beginning of an interdisciplinary project to bring together scholars from philosophy and religion for discussion on a regular basis. This book consists of thirteen essays stemming from the workshop

Philosophy begins with a question. The same question is often asked in different languages. Comparative philosophy is a project that engages thinkers from all areas of the world and approaches common problems from different perspectives. The conversations look at not only interactions between cultures, but also the relationships among humans, animals, and nature. But the many languages and unfamiliar terms can seem intimidating even to those with formal philosophical training. This book provi

In African countries there has been a surge of intellectual interest in foregrounding ideas and thinkers of African origin--in philosophy as in other disciplines--that have been unjustly ignored or marginalized. African scholars have demonstrated that precolonial African cultures generated ideas and arguments which were at once truly philosophical and distinctively African, and several contemporary African thinkers are now established figures in the philosophical mainstream. Yet, despite the universality of its themes, relevant contributions from African philosophy have rarely permeated global philosophical debates. Critical intellectual excavation has also tended to prioritize precolonial thought, overlooking more recent sources of home-grown philosophical thinking such as Africa's intellectually rich liberation movements. This book demonstrates the potential for constructive interchange between currents of thought from African philosophy and other intellectual currents within philosophy. Chapters authored by leading and emerging scholars: recover philosophical thinkers and currents of ideas within Africa and about Africa, bringing them into dialogue with contemporary mainstream philosophy; foreground the relevance of African theorizing to contemporary debates in epistemology, philosophy of language, moral/political philosophy, philosophy of race, environmental ethics and the metaphysics of disability; make new interventions within on-going debates in African philosophy; consider ways in which philosophy can become epistemically inclusive, interrogating the contemporary call for 'decolonization' of philosophy. Showing how foregrounding Africa--its ideas, thinkers and problems--can help with the project of renewing and improving the discipline of philosophy worldwide, this book will stimulate and challenge everyone with an interest in philosophy, and is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students, postgraduate students and scholars of African and Africana philosophy

This edited book introduces students and scholars to Comparative Political Thought. Featuring contributions from an excellent international line-up of esteemed scholars it examines some of the following issues:Is political theory 'Western-centric'? What can we learn from non-Western traditions of political thought? How do we compare different strands of national and regional political thought?Political thought in China, India, the Middle East and Latin AmericaIslamic political thoughtPolitical thought in the wake of post-colonialism

Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: The spectator's view -- Chapter Three: A true test and a beautiful sight -- Chapter Four: Sport and art: some central points of comparison -- Chapter Five: Defining sport -- Chapter Six: Defining art -- Chapter Seven: Sport has its own world; art inhabits the everyday world -- Chapter Eight: The value of art -- Chapter Nine: The value of sport -- Chapter Ten: Sport, art and the meaning of life.