The first in-depth study of the All World Gayatri Pariwar, a modern Indian religious movement.

Aims to introduce a greater degree of theoretical rigor to the discipline of Japan studies as a whole.

Offers new perspectives on modern Chinese political thought.

A unique work on the underlying ontology, cosmology, and moral philosophy of the Yijing.

Investigates how the Thai poet Angkarn Kallayanapong adapts Buddhist concepts of time to create a modern Asian aesthetic imaginary.

Argues that Confucianism and other East Asian philosophical traditions can be resources for understanding and addressing current global challenges such as climate change and hunger.

Explores the relationship between literature and philosophy in classical and contemporary Buddhist texts.

Investigates the professional practices of astrologers in urban India and their popularity among the educated middle and upper classes.

Offers an in-depth exposition of the Confucian conception of persons as the starting point of Confucian ethics.

The first book to offer a detailed framework, a fine-grained history, and an analytically nuanced understanding of one of the rarest branches of Hindu worship.

Offers a compelling intercultural perspective on body, art, self, and society.

A systematic analysis of the myth cycle of Paraśurāma (“Rāma with the Axe”), an avatára of Viṣṇu with a much darker reputation.

Critical essays on the transnational Kashmiri-American poet.

Unique interdisciplinary analysis of gendered and racialized economies of care in South Asia and the Americas.

Sets out the challenges presented to Muslim societies by Western dominance over the past two hundred years, and explores Muslim responses, particularly in the context of South Asia.

A study of Hu Feng as a literary critic and case study on how intellectual work can respond to political pressure.

Essays on modern Indian history and the legacy of Partition.

Uses a cross-national comparison of Los Angeles, New Delhi, and Hong Kong to develop strategies universities should employ to strengthen democracy and resist fascism.

Examines China’s involvement in Ethiopia as the latter embarks on modernization and economic development.

An interdisciplinary dialogue with Shūsaku Endō’s last novel offering new perspectives on Japanese culture, Christian doctrine, Hindu spiritualities, and Buddhist worldviews.

Offers an in-depth ethnography of paradigm shifts in the lifestyles and values of youth in post-growth Japan.

Examines Shanghai both as a real city and an imaginary locale, from diverse cultural and disciplinary perspectives.

Argues for an important transformation in the construction of the self among Japanese converts to Roman Catholicism.

Argues that the only way to understand the Confucian vision of the consummate moral life is to take the tradition on its own terms.

Groundbreaking analysis of how colonialism created new conceptual categories and spatial forms that reshaped rural societies.