In this second edition, fifteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The dozen essays collected here unveil sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often neglected in the western world. The contributors include the leading scholars in their fields but they write for students coming to these concepts for the first time."From Africa to Zen" reveals the many theatres of philosophy around the globe. Building on revisions and updates to the original, including essays on China, India, Japan and the Americas, this edition also considers three philosophical traditions for the first time - Jewish, Budhist and South Pacific (Maori) philosophy.
Contents: Understanding order - the Chinese perspective, David L. Hall and Roget T. Ames; ways of Japanese thinking, Graham Parkes; traditional American Indian attitudes toward nature, J. Baird Callicott and Thomas W. Overholt; pre-Columbian and modern philosophical perspectives in Latin America, Jorge Valadez; Arabic philosophy, Eric Ormsby; Jewish philosophy, Oliver Leaman; Persian philosophy, Homayoon Sepasi-Tehrani and Janet Flesch; the muth of authenticity - personhood, traditional culture and African philosophy, Jacqueline trimier; Indian philosophies, Stephen H. Phillips; Buddhist philosophy, Peter D. Hershock; Maori philosophy, Roy W. Perrett; esoteric philosophy, Robert A. McDermott.