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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141512703321

Titolo

A companion to Buddhist philosophy / / edited by Steven M. Emmanuel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA ; ; Oxford : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013

ISBN

1-118-32396-3

1-118-32400-5

1-78268-429-8

1-118-32391-2

1-118-32388-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 736 pages)

Collana

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; 50

Gale eBooks

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; 139

Classificazione

PHI003000

Disciplina

181/.043

Soggetti

Buddhist philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptual foundations -- Major schools of Buddhist thought -- Themes in Buddhist philosophy -- Buddhist meditation -- Contemporary issues and applications.

Sommario/riassunto

"A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy. Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications. Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to instructors in creating a syllabus Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions "--