Migrating texts & traditions  [electronic resource] / 
 Migrating texts and traditions 
edited by William Sweet. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 350 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: What does it mean for texts and traditions to migrate? -- Part I -- From the West: 1. The migration of Aristotelian philosophy to China in the 17th century; 2. The reformulation of the philoponean proofs in mediaeval Jewish thought; 3. Putting Islam and 'The West' together again: the philosophy of M.M. Sharif; 4. British idealism as a migrating tradition; 5. The migration of ideas and Afrikaans philosophy in South Africa; 6. Heidegger, Japanese aesthetics, and the idea of a 'Dialogue' between east and west; 7. Hermeneutics and the migration of philosophical traditions in East Asia. Part II -- From the east and the south: 8. Dārā Shukoh and the transmission of the Upaniṣads to Islam; 9. A Buddhist 'good life' theory: Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra; 10. Sharing insights: Buddhism and recent Aristotelian ethics; 11. Process concepts of text, practice, and No Self in Buddhism; 12. On Being enabled to say what Is "Truly Real"; 13. The philosophers of Al Andalus and European modernity; 14. Radhakrishnan and the construction of philosophical dialogue across cultural traditions. Part III -- Theoretical issues: 15. Philosophy-in-Place and texts Out of Place; 16. Migrating texts: a hermeneutical perspective; 17. Text, rationality, and knowledge in Indian philosophy; 18. Afterword: Migration: explanation, analysis, and directions. 
<br/><br/> Examining the phenomenon of the 'migration' of philosophical texts and traditions between cultures. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780776607078 0776607073 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>446027  MIL F55527F8-D25C-4B9D-ABFF-90583088AF42  OverDrive, Inc.  http://www.overdrive.com 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20129061336 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy--Historiography.<br/>Culture diffusion--History.<br/>Intercultural communication--History.<br/>Transmission of texts--History.<br/>Culture diffusion--History.<br/>Intercultural communication--History.<br/>Philosophy--Historiography.<br/>Philosophy.<br/>PHILOSOPHY--Religious.<br/>Culture diffusion.<br/>Intercultural communication.<br/>Philosophy--Historiography.<br/>Transmission of texts.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B51.4  / .M54 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>109