Dao 16:4 has been published; the table of contents is available here.
Nagatomo reviews Japanese Environmental Philosophy
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
2017.11.12 View this Review Online View Other NDPR Reviews
J. Baird Callicott and James McRae (eds.), Japanese Environmental Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2017, 310pp., $99.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780190456320.
Reviewed by Shigenori Nagatomo, Temple University
J. Baird Callicott and James McRae have brought together fifteen scholars’ views on the relation of Japanese thought to modern environmental concerns.
New issue of Frontiers of Philosophy in China
The latest issue of FPC is available, with a focus on “Contemporary Explorations of the Thought of Laozi.” Read on for the details.
Conference at Univ. of Macau
A conference on “Creating a Philosophy for the Future” will be held at the University of Macau from the 16th to the 18th of November. More information is on this poster, and the full program is here. Looks very rich!
New Book: Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto
Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto
Bryan W. Van Norden. Foreword by Jay L. Garfield
Columbia University Press
Are American colleges and universities failing their students by refusing to teach the philosophical traditions of China, India, Africa, and other non-Western cultures? This biting and provocative critique of American higher education says yes. Continue reading →
Billmoria Reviews Shaw, Collected Writings
While largely devoted to Indian philosophy and thus tangential to the main concerns of the blog, the following review raises interesting questions about comparative philosophy….
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
2017.11.08 View this Review Online View Other NDPR Reviews
Jaysankar Lal Shaw, The Collected Writings of Jaysankar Lal Shaw: Indian Analytic and Anglophone Philosophy, Bloomsbury, 2016, 502 pp., $176.00 (hbk), ISBN 9781474245050
Reviewed by Purushottama Bilimoria, University of California/Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Jaysankar Lal Shaw is among the stalwarts of Indian and comparative philosophy, bringing to their treatment the tools of Anglo-American analytic philosophy.
Speaking Opportunity in New York City
Global Scholarly Publications is organizing a seminar on “Contemporary Global Conflicts and Crises: Historical Solutions shaped by cultural perspectives” on Dec. 1, 2017, from 4-9pm, and are interested in locating a participant with expertise in the PRC. For more information, please read on — and contact the person listed below for further information or if you are interested.
New Book: Filial Obsessions: Chinese Patriliny and Its Discontents
Palgrave Macmillan has published P. Steven Sangren, Filial Obsessions: Chinese Patriliny and Its Discontents. A work of anthropology, but it looks to have much to say to philosophers interested in issues related to filial piety. More information here.
Australasian Philosophical Review: GER Lloyd on Analogy
Focus on Lloyd’s work on Analogy, China and Greece, including reviewed invited and unsolicited commentaries.
