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The Transcendental and the Mundane

Author : Hsu Cho-yun
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN 13 : 9882372120
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book The Transcendental and the Mundane written by Hsu Cho-yun and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through investigation of Chinese cultural ideals and life practices, Prof. Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese spiritual life. Apart from focusing on the exalted subtleties of the scholarly elite, Prof. Hsu pays more attention to the everyday people's cultural idea. By examining their daily practices (including eating, living, medical practices, poems, songs, art, and literature) and "collective memory" such as legends, he seeks to clarify Chinese ideas concerning the universe, human life and nature, from traditional times down to the present day. Different from Judeo-Christian tradition centered on "God," the spiritual life of the Chinese people develops around ideas of being "human," and thus cultivating an interactive relationship between man, time, and space. Cho-yun Hsu considers the mode and direction of Chinese culture will impact the future of the entire world. Based on his observation, Western civilization represented by Europe and America nowadays is on the verge of a great change. The problems they are facing, including various crises of alienation and separation from nature, are, in terms of their basic origins, problems for which Western civilization lacks the resources to arrive at a solution. Thus, Chinese culture centered on the man and on the idea of intimate, interdependent relations between man and nature, might offer another solution. It is expected that, by integrating its features into modern civilization, Chinese culture can continue to prosper and be of benefit to the future of the world.

The Transcendental and the Mundane

Author : Cho-yun Hsu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789882378681
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book The Transcendental and the Mundane written by Cho-yun Hsu and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transcendentalism Overturned

Author : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400706243
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Transcendentalism Overturned written by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-02 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers a critical assessment of transcendentalism, the understanding of consciousness, absolutized as a system of a priori laws of the mind, that was advanced by Kant and Husserl. As these studies show, transcendentalism critically informed 20th Century phenomenological investigation into such issues as temporality, historicity, imagination, objectivity and subjectivity, freedom, ethical judgment, work, praxis. Advances in science have now provoked a questioning of the absolute prerogatives of consciousness. Transcendentalism is challenged by empirical reductionism. And recognition of the role the celestial sphere plays in life on planet earth suggests that a radical shift of philosophy's center of gravity be made away from absolute consciousness and toward the transcendental forces at play in the architectonics of the cosmos.

Strategies of Deconstruction

Author : Joseph Claude Evans
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452900884
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Strategies of Deconstruction written by Joseph Claude Evans and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategies of Deconstruction was first published in 1991. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In the past two decades, the "movement" of deconstruction has bad tremendous impact on a number of academic, disciplines in the United States. However, its force has been rather limited in the field of philosophy, despite the fact that in Europe the practice of deconstruction emerged in the work of philosophers. Although the reasons for this can be debated, two of the more obvious explanations are the mainstream Anglo-American philosophers rarely studied the German and French philosophical traditions in great detail, and deconstruction's focus on discourse and interpretation has made it more attractive to the literary and humanistic disciplines. With this context, Strategies of Deconstruction focuses on the early work of Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher who introduced deconstruction in Speech and Phenomena,his study of Edmund Husserl, and Of Grammatology, and whose philosophical reputation stems in no small part from his work on Husserl. In examining the philosophical import of Derrida's theories of reading, text, and language, specifically as they related to Speech and Phenomena,J. Claude Evans makes careful reference to Husserl's own texts. His analysis indicates that there are many systematic irregularities in Derrida's study and that without those irregularities Derrida's conclusions cannot be substantiated.

Asian Philosophies

Author : John M. Koller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351217097
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Asian Philosophies written by John M. Koller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an inside view from an expert in the field, solid scholarship, and a clear and engaging writing style, Asian Philosophies invites students and professors to think along with the great thinkers of the Asian traditions. John M. Koller is a scholar and teacher who has devoted his life to understanding Asian thought and practice. He wrote this text to give students and professors access to the rich philosophical and religious ideas of both South and East Asia.

Fundamentalisms Comprehended

Author : Martin E. Marty
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226508887
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Fundamentalisms Comprehended written by Martin E. Marty and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fifth volume of the Fundamentalism Project, Fundamentalisms Comprehended, the distinguished contributors return to and test the endeavor's beginning premise: that fundamentalisms in all faiths share certain "family resemblances." Several of the essays reconsider the project's original definition of fundamentalism as a reactive, absolutist, and comprehensive mode of anti-secular religious activism. The book concludes with a capstone statement by R. Scott Appleby, Emmanuel Sivan, and Gabriel Almond that builds upon the entire Fundamentalism Project. Identifying different categories of fundamentalist movements, and delineating four distinct patterns of fundamentalist behavior toward outsiders, this statement provides an explanatory framework for understanding and comparing fundamentalisms around the world.

Antonio Gramsci: Marxism, philosophy and politics

Author : James Martin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415217491
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Antonio Gramsci: Marxism, philosophy and politics written by James Martin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution

Author : S. N. Eisenstadt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521645867
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution written by S. N. Eisenstadt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution is a major comparative analysis of fundamentalist movements in cultural and political context, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene. Leading sociologist S. N. Eisenstadt examines the meaning of the global rise of fundamentalism as one very forceful contemporary response to tensions in modernity and the dynamics of civilization. He compares modern fundamentalist movements with the proto-fundamentalist movements which arose in the 'axial civilizations' in pre-modern times; he shows how the great revolutions in Europe which arose in connection with these movements shaped the political and cultural programmes of modernity; and he contrasts post-Second World War Moslem, Jewish and Protestant fundamentalist movements with communal national movements, notably in Asia. The central theme of the book is the distinctively Jacobin features of fundamentalist movements and their ambivalent attitude to tradition: above all their attempts to essentialize tradition in an ideologically totalistic way. Eisenstadt has won the Amalfi book prize.

Conceptualizing Religion

Author : Benson Saler
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571812193
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Religion written by Benson Saler and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How might we transform a folk category - in this case religion - into a analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In this volume, the author addresses that question. He critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. He argues that the concept of family resemblances, as that concept has been refined and extended in prototype theory in the contemporary cognitive sciences, is the most plausible analytical strategy for resolving the central problem of the book. In the solution proposed, religion is conceptualized as an affair of "more or less" rather than a matter of "yes or no," and no sharp line is drawn between religion and non-religion.

The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation

Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1911407678
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of Sangharakshita’s teachings on meditation. Whether dipped into, consulted on a specific subject, or read from cover to cover, this collection offers practical, inspiring and encouraging advice for new and experienced meditators alike. It is deeply imbued with the Buddhist vision of the role of meditation in the quest for Enlightenment.

Religious Fundamentalism

Author : Peter Herriot
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134101619
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Religious Fundamentalism written by Peter Herriot and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a religious fundamentalist come to embrace a counter-cultural world view? Fundamentalism can be analysed from a variety of perspectives. It is a type of belief system which enables individuals to make sense of their lives and provides them with an identity. It is a social phenomenon, in which strictly religious people act according to the norms, values, and beliefs of the group to which they belong. It is a cultural product, in the sense that different cultural settings result in different forms of fundamentalism. And it is a global phenomenon, in the obvious sense that it is to be found everywhere, and also because it is both a reaction against, and also a part of, the globalising modern world. Religious Fundamentalism deals with all of these four levels of analysis, uniquely combining sociological and psychological perspectives, and relating them to each other. Each chapter is followed by a lengthy case study, and these range from a close textual analysis of George W. Bush’s second inaugural speech through to a treatment of Al-Qaida as a global media event. This book provides a comprehensive social scientific perspective on a subject of immense contemporary significance, and should be of use both to university students and also to students of the contemporary world.

Beyond Civilization

Author : Harry Redner
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412849225
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Civilization written by Harry Redner and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Harry Redner, the phrase “beyond civilization” refers to the new and unprecedented condition the world is now entering—specifically, the condition commonly known as globalization. Redner approaches globalization from the perspective of history and seeks to interpret it in relation to previous key stages of human development. His account begins with the Axial Age (700–300 BC) and proceeds through Modernity (after AD 1500) to the present global condition. What is globalization doing to civilization? In answering this question, Redner studies the role played by capitalism, the state, science and technology. He aims to show that they have had a catalytic impact on civilization through their reductive effect on society, culture, and individualism. However, Redner is not content to diagnose the ills of civilization; he also suggests how they might be ameliorated by cultural conservation. Above all, it is to the problem of decline in the higher forms of literacy that he addresses himself, for it is on the culture of the book that previous civilizations were founded. This study will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and social and political theorists. Its style makes it accessible also to general readers, interested in civilization past, present, and future.

The Priceless Jewel

Author : Sangharakshita (Bhikshu)
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780904766585
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book The Priceless Jewel written by Sangharakshita (Bhikshu) and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13 essays in this volume address topics including: world peace and nuclear war; the issue of blasphemy; the possibilities for dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity; and a painting by El Greco.

Order and Transcendence

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004478027
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Order and Transcendence written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japanese Civilization

Author : S. N. Eisenstadt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226195582
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Civilization written by S. N. Eisenstadt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading social theorists provides a monumental synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture, and social organization. Equipped with a thorough command of the subject, S. N. Eisenstadt focuses on the non-ideological character of Japanese civilization as well as its infinite capacity to recreate community through an ongoing past.

The Political Dimensions of Religion

Author : Said Amir Arjomand
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791415580
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Political Dimensions of Religion written by Said Amir Arjomand and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-08-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the relationship between religion and politics. It brings a varied sample of richly detailed comparative and case studies together with a set of analytical paradigms in an integrated framework. It is a major statement on a timely subject, and a plea for the acknowledgment of normative pluralism as firmly rooted in the history of religion. The editor shows that the fact of political diversity in the history of world religions compels the acceptance of pluralism as a normative principle.

The Origins and Diversity of Axial Age Civilizations

Author : Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438401949
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Origins and Diversity of Axial Age Civilizations written by Shmuel N. Eisenstadt and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new and original analysis of the great ancient civilizations, focusing on the breakthroughs and their institutionalization in Greece, Israel, China, and India. The conditions under which these civilizations developed are systematically explored. For comparative purposes, the civilization of Assyria, where such a breakthrough did not take place is analyzed. Attention is given to the transformation of modes of thought and symbolism. Special focus is brought to the development of the great religions and the perception of tension between the transcendental and mundane orders and between rulers and other elites.