Asian Texts — Asian Contexts

David Jones is Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University and editor of Confucius Now: Contemporary Encounters with the Analects. E. R. Klein is an independent scholar. Her books include People First! Professional and Business Ethics without Ethics.

• IntroductionDavid Jones and Ellen KleinPart I: Encountering Asian Philosophies and ReligionsThe Importance of Asian Philosophy in the CurriculumJohn M. KollerThe Confucian Worldview: Uncommon Assumptions, Common MisconceptionsRoger T. AmesPart II: TextsIndia:On the Battlefield of Dharma: The Moral Philosophy of the Bhagavad GītāVrinda DalmiyaVimalakīrti’s Triumphant Silence: Bridging Indian and East Asian BuddhismJeffrey DippmannThe Things of This World Are Masks the Infinite Assumes: Inroducing Samkhya and Yoga Philosophy Tom PynnChina:Too Twisted to Fit a Carpenter’s Square: Using and Teaching the DaodejingRonnie LittlejohnPerforming the Meanings of Dao: A Possible Pedagogical Strategy for Teaching Chinese PhilosophyRobin R. WangMengzi: Human Nature Is GoodXinyan JiangJapan:The Dilemma of DōgenBrian SchroederThe Absolute Contradictory What: On How to Read the Philosophy of Nishida Kitarō?Gereon Kopf"The bottom of my soul has such depth that neither joy nor the waves of sorrow can reach it": An Introduction to the Kyoto School Jason WirthPart III: ContextsFrameworks:History as a Vehicle for the UniversalJohn A. TuckerAsking the Right QuestionsFrancis BrassardA Sketch of the Diamond Sutra’s Logic of NotShigenori NagatomoArt:Nama-rupa: The Paradox of Embodiment in Indian ArtHarriette D. GrissomPhilosophical Reflection and Visual Art in Traditional ChinaStephen J. GoldbergPhilosophy:Teaching Chinese Philosophy from the Outside In Mary I. BockoverA Strategy for Integrating Confucius’s Analects into a Typical Introduction to Philosophy Course James PetermanContributorsIndex