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In the Company of Friends

Buddhist-Christian reflection that uses friendship as a model for interreligious understanding.

Ironies of Oneness and Difference

Explores the development of Chinese thought, highlighting its concern with questions of coherence.

Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China

Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China.

Somatic Lessons

Looks at narrative in the history of ayurvedic medical literature and the perspectives on illness and patienthood that emerge.

Dubious Facts

An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China.

Collecting Objects / Excluding People

Combining aesthetic and political history, explores the influence of Chinese people and objects on American visual culture.

The Kyoto School

An accessible discussion of the thought of key figures of the Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy.

Li Zhi, Confucianism, and the Virtue of Desire

A philosophical analysis of the work of one of the most iconoclastic thinkers in Chinese history, Li Zhi, whose ethics prized spontaneous expression of genuine feelings.

Cultivating Spirituality

Four Shin Buddhist thinkers reflect on their tradition’s encounter with modernity.

History, Narrative, and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction

Edited by Chitra Sankaran
Subjects: Asian Studies

Comprehensive overview of the work of Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh.

The Old Master

A unique translation of and commentary on the Laozi, based on the oldest edition of the work.

The Dharma Master Chǒngsan of Won Buddhism

The first English translations of the writings of Chŏngsan (1900-62), who codified the central doctrines of Won Buddhism.

Rethinking Autonomy

Provides a critique of and alternative to the dominant paradigm used in biomedical ethics by exploring the Japanese concept of autonomy.

Shinohara Pops!

Surveys the fifty-year career of the avant-garde artist Ushio Shinohara.

Yogi Heroes and Poets

An exploration of the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāths, a Hindu lineage known for Hatha yoga practice.

Women and Confucianism in Chosǒn Korea

A new, multifaceted look at Korean women during a period of strong Confucian ideology.

Visions of Unity

Presents the thought of a controversial Tibetan Buddhist thinker on the Yogācāra and Madhyamaka systems.

Nagai Kafū's Occidentalism

Describes how writer Nagai Kafū (1879–1959) used his experience of the West to reconcile modernization and Japanese identity.

This-Worldly Nibbāna

A Buddhist feminist social ethics for contemporary times.

Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge

A wide-ranging scholarly consideration of the martial arts.

Kāma's Flowers

Explores the transformation of Hindi poetry as it reflects a changing society during the period from 1885 to 1925.

China's America

A fascinating look at Chinese perceptions of the United States and the cultural and political background that informs them.

Hinduism as a Missionary Religion

Reconsiders whether Hinduism can be considered a missionary religion.

Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought

A wide-ranging exploration of traditional Chinese views of mortality.

Riding the Wind with Liezi

New attention and fresh perspectives on the classic, but neglected, text of Daoism, the Liezi.