Comparative Studies in Asian and Latin American Philosophies

Stephanie Rivera Berruz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at William Paterson University, USA.Leah Kalmanson is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Drake University, USA.

• Table of Contents1. Introduction, Stephanie Rivera Berruz and Leah KalmansonPart I: Coloniality and Orientalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries2. Occidentalism and Orientalism in the Late Writings of Antonio Caso, Andrea Pitts3. The Indian Veil: The Metaphysics of Racial Origins in the Americas, Adriana Novoa4. The Search for the Orient in Creole America: The Nineteenth Century and Its Paths, Hernán G. H. Taboada, translated by Alba Lara Granero and Maria C. VeraPart II: New Directions in Asian-Latin American Comparative Philosophy5. Breastfeeding in Between: A Lugonian Reading of Watsuji Tetsuro’s Rinrigaku, Allison Wolf6. Two Idea of Education: Amano Teiyu and José Vasconcelos, Agustín Jacinto Zavala7. Confucius and the Aztecs on The Mean, Sebastian PurcellPart III: Comparative Philosophy in Anti-Colonial Perspective8. Is Anarchy a False Hope? Latin American Revolutionaries Knew Dhamma and Saddha, Susan Babbitt9. The Ants and the Elephant: Martial Arts and Liberation Philosophy in the Americas, George Fourlas10. Legacies of Legitimacy and Resistance: Imperial and State Violence in South Asia and Latin America, Namrata MitraIndex

This excellent new collection represents a bold step forward in comparative philosophy. I hope that it will find wide readership and have an influence on the development of the field . . . Berruz and Kalmanson's introduction is fantastic, and the goals they set out here are noble and worthy of pursuit. I recommend their discussion to anyone interested in thinking in new ways about comparative philosophy and philosophy more generally.