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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141816103321

Autore

Joy Morny

Titolo

After appropriation [[electronic resource] ] : explorations in intercultural philosophy and religion / / edited by Morny Joy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2011

Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , 2011

©2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

201.61

Soggetti

Religions

Philosophy, Comparative

Philosophy and religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"After Appropriation is the first book to undertake a comprehensive study of questions in comparative philosophy and religion.While the division between the two disciplines of Religious Studies and Philosophy is commonplace in western academia, this bifurcation does not necessarily apply in non-western settings, where religion and philosophy tend to be integrated. As a result, when the disciplines are virtually mutually exclusive, as in the West, a full appreciation of non-Western approaches to either religion or philosophy is not easily attained, and distortions, such as appropriation, often occur. Within the last ten years, there has been a concerted effort on the part of a number of Western scholars to try to address these deficiencies and re-examine many ideas that have been misappropriated or otherwise excluded. These errors have resulted from a traditional approach where the religions and philosophies of non-Western peoples have been interpreted by reducing or manipulating their ideas and values to fit within Western concepts and categories. This project is conducted with full awareness of the post-colonial critique of such enterprises.One of the central questions addressed is how comparative philosophy and



religion would change if the concepts and categories of non-Western philosophies and religions were taken as of equal importance." --back cover.