Oriental enlightenment : the encounter between Asian and Western thought / J.J. Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, J. J. (John James), 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Asian.

Civilization, Oriental.

East and West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the place of Eastern thought - Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Confucianism - in the Western intellectual tradition? Oriental Enlightenment shows how, despite current talk of 'globalization', there is still a reluctance to accept that the West could have borrowed anything of significance from the East, and explores a critique of the 'orientalist' view that we must regard any study of the East through the lens of Western colonialism and domination.Oriental Enlightenment provides a lucid introduction to the fascination Eastern thought has exerted on Western minds since

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Orientations: the issues; Orientalism: some conjectures; China cult: the age of Enlightenment; Passage to India: the age of Romanticism; Buddhist passions: the nineteenth century; East; West encounter in the twentieth century; Philosophical encounters; Religious dialogue; Psychological interpretations; Scientific and ecological speculations; Reflections and reorientations; Orientalism and postmodernity; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-260) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-78473-2

1-134-78474-0

0-203-00438-8

1-280-18228-8

9780203004388

OCLC:

56947511