Philosophies of Self

Nathan Loewen is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, USA.Agnieszka Rostalska is FWO Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Languages andCultures at Ghent University, Belgium.

• Notes on ContributorsIntroductionNathan Loewen, Associate Professor, University of Alabama, USA1. Udayana’s Concept of the Self and Arguments for its Existence and PersistenceAgnieszka Rostalska, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ghent University, Belgiumatmanmokaa /nihsreyasa2. The Making of the Person in CandombléJosé Eduardo Porcher, Senior Lecturer, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilAssentoOriSanto3. Self and Identity in JainismAnil Mundra, Assistant Professor & Bhagvan Vimalnath Chair of Jain Studies and South Asian Religions, University of California, USAAnekantavadaIdentityLiberation4. Shinto: Indescribable Description of Self and PersistenceMaki Sato, Van Bragt Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, JapanHaraeKotodamaTama5. Selfhood in the Classical Confucian TraditionAndrew Lambert, Associate Professor of Philosophy, City University of New York, USARenRitualXiao6. Tshivenda, Self and Persistence, Mutshidzi MaraganedzhaLecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaMurunziSialala6. Embodying the Dao: Classical and Foundational Daoist Anthropological ViewsLouis Komjathy, Director and Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Daoist Studies, USAPneumatologyShenSomatology7. The Nguni Conceptualisation of uMina/ubumina (the self) in IsintuismHerbert Moyo, Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaImpiloUkafaUmoya8. The Relative Self: Native American conceptualizations of the SelfFritz Detwiler, (Recently Retired) Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Leadership, Adrian College, USAHózhoMitákuye oyásinAt.oow9. Iqbal and the Actualizing Self: gift or task?Ibrahim KhanImmortalityIshq10. A Plural Conception of Self: Reading Jacques DerridaNathan Loewen, Associate Professor, University of Alabama, USAIpseitySovereigntySecret