Asian Studies
Korean Religions in Relation
Examines Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity in Korea, focusing on their mutual accommodation, exclusion, conflict, and assimilation.
Undervalued Dissent
Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics.
The Heir and the Sage, Revised and Expanded Edition
A comprehensive analysis of the transformations of ancient history in early Chinese texts.
Seeing Like the Buddha
Considers film as a form of Buddhist ritual and contemplative practice.
Refiguring the Body
Examines how embodiment is conceived and experienced in South Asian religions.
Behind the Facade
Explores why authoritarian regimes bother to hold elections.
Self-Realization through Confucian Learning
Confucian philosopher Xunzi’s moral thought is considered in light of the modern focus on self-realization.
Crossing the Gate
Challenges the accepted wisdom about women and gender roles in medieval China.
Anarchism in Korea
A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea.
The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many
Presents a twenty-first-century, progressive, liberal Confucianism.
The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture
Considers the role of hiddenness in the history of cultural production in premodern China.
The Commentarial Transformation of the Spring and Autumn
Shows how the text evolved from a non-narrative historical record into a Confucian classic.
Chaekgeori
The first major exhibition in the United States of chaekgeori painting, including on view for the first time many screens from private collections and various Korean institutions.
Chinese Thought as Global Theory
Using Chinese thought, explores how non-Western thought can structure generally applicable social and political theory.
The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena
Explores the activities and political personas of women activists in Shiv Sena, a militant Indian political party.
Thailand's Theory of Monarchy
Discusses the origins and cultural history of the Theravada Buddhist ideals behind the Thai institution of monarchy.
Fundamentals of Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy
Discusses the conditions of possibility for intercultural and comparative philosophy, and for crosscultural communication at large.
Confucianism, A Habit of the Heart
Employs Robert Bellah’s notion of civil religion to explore East Asia’s Confucian revival.
The Deep Ecology of Rhetoric in Mencius and Aristotle
Discusses philosophers Mencius and Aristotle as socio-ecological thinkers.
Chinese Philosophy on Teaching and Learning
A translation and discussion of the central Confucian text on education, Xueji (On Teaching and Learning), influential in China from the Han dynasty to the present day.
The Divine Quest, East and West
Looks at the concept of Ultimate Reality in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity.
Fabricating an Educational Miracle
Illustrates the changing significance of what it means to be educated, rural, and ethnic in Southwest China.
A Very Old Machine
Argues that Indian cinema’s deep nineteenth-century past continues to play a vital role in its twenty-first-century present.
A Great Undertaking
Explores the social disruption resulting from industrialization in a Chinese coalmining community at the turn of the twentieth century.
A Postcolonial Self
A theologically informed look at the postcolonial self that forms as Korean immigrants confront life in the United States.