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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511716903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Calgary [Alta.] : , : University of Calgary Press, , 2011

Saint-Lazare, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2012

©2011

ISBN

1-280-12711-2

9786613530974

1-55238-503-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 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

Note generali

Based on papers presented at the workshop: Comparative Philosophy and Religion, held at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., in 2006.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction --Comparative studies in Philosophy/Religion and dialogue as mutual "strangification" (Waitui 外推) --The philosopher as stranger: the idea of comparative philosophy --Locating intercultural philosophy in relation to religion --The connecting Manas: inner sense, common sense, or the organ of imagination --Studying the "Other": challenges and prospectives of Muslim scholarship on world religions --The vice of ethics: the critique of morality in Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Daoism --Comparative philosophy of religion and modern Jewish philosophy: a conversation --Philosophy, medicine, science, and boundaries -- Religious intellectual texts as a site for intercultural philosophical and theological reflection: the case of the Śrīmad Rahasyatrayasāra and the Traité de l'Amour de Dieu --Phenomenology of awakening in Zhiyi's Tiantai philosophy --Ibn Rushd or Averroës? Of double names and double truths: a different approach to Islamic philosophy --The use of Lakṣaṇā in Indian Exegesis --Women's rights as human rights: explorations in intercultural philosophy and religion



--Notes on Contributors --Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.