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From Africa to Zen

An Invitation to World Philosophy

Robert C Solomon editor Kathleen M Higgins editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:1st Jan '03

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In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, fifteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The dozen essays collected here unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often neglected in the western world. The contributors include the leading scholars in their fields, but they write for students coming to these concepts for the first time. Building on revisions and updates to the original essays on China, India, Japan, and the Americas, this new edition also considers three philosophical traditions for the first time—Jewish, Buddhist, and South Pacific (Måori) philosophy.

Robert Solomon and Kathy Higgins, editors, and the many distinguished contributors are to be congratulated for this excellent second edition of the work. The new chapters on Jewish, Buddhist, and Maori Philosophy maintain the high standard of the original chapters, all of which are written with great clarity and insight. Anyone interested in the philosophies of the world should gratefully accept the invitation to learn from this fine book. -- Eliot Deutsch, University of Hawaii

ISBN: 9780742513501

Dimensions: 226mm x 151mm x 18mm

Weight: 404g

312 pages

Second Edition