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Asian and Feminist Philosophies in Dialogue: Liberating Traditions
Jennifer (E Mcweeny
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Paperback. Editor(s): McWeeny, Jennifer; Butnor, Ashby. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
In this collection of original essays, international scholars put Asian traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, into conversation with one or more contemporary feminist philosophies, founding a new mode of inquiry that attends to diverse voices and the complex global relationships that define our world. These cross-cultural meditations focus on the liberation of persons from suffering, oppression, illusion, harmful conventions and desires, and other impediments to full personhood by deploying a methodology that traverses multiple philosophical styles, historical texts, and frames of reference. Hailing from the discipline of philosophy in addition to Asian, gender, and religious studies, the ... Read more
In this collection of original essays, international scholars put Asian traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, into conversation with one or more contemporary feminist philosophies, founding a new mode of inquiry that attends to diverse voices and the complex global relationships that define our world. These cross-cultural meditations focus on the liberation of persons from suffering, oppression, illusion, harmful conventions and desires, and other impediments to full personhood by deploying a methodology that traverses multiple philosophical styles, historical texts, and frames of reference. Hailing from the discipline of philosophy in addition to Asian, gender, and religious studies, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231166256
SKU
V9780231166256
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About Jennifer (E Mcweeny
Jennifer McWeeny is associate professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her research and teaching interests concern feminist philosophy, phenomenology, philosophy of mind, comparative methodology, decolonial theory, environmental philosophy, and Buddhism. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon and her M.A. from the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. Ashby Butnor teaches philosophy and religion at Metropolitan State University ... Read more
Reviews for Asian and Feminist Philosophies in Dialogue: Liberating Traditions
A serious yet creative examination of current feminist theories as they may be applied to or refined through Asian philosophical and religious perspectives. I know of no edited volume that considers such a wide range of Asian philosophies in a feminist light.
Erica Fox Brindley, Pennsylvania State University McWeeny and Butnor introduce a set of essays that each in ... Read more
Erica Fox Brindley, Pennsylvania State University McWeeny and Butnor introduce a set of essays that each in ... Read more