Asian Studies
Patronage and Community in Medieval China
A vivid portrait of the culture of a provincial military society in China’s early medieval period and its interactions with the southern imperial court.
The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking
A work of and about comparative philosophy that stresses the importance of language in intercultural endeavors.
Engagement with North Korea
Examines how and why nations have persuaded North Korea to cooperate on topics such as nuclear policy.
Teaching the Silk Road
Advocating a global as opposed to a Eurocentric perspective in the college classroom, discusses why and how to teach about China's Silk Road.
Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns
Explores the milieu of Taiwan’s Buddhist nuns, who have the greatest numbers in the Buddhist world and a prominent place in their own country.
Asian Texts — Asian Contexts
Provides an overview of some of the great texts of Asian philosophy and religion along with an exploration of the contexts in which they arose.
Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism
An overview of Korean Buddhism and its major figures in the modern period.
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
Buddhism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
Looks at how a spiritual tradition can be appropriated by those involved in ethno-nationalist conflict.
Paradigm City
Materially grounded analysis of contemporary film, literature, and music in Hong Kong that resists the superficial stereotypes of the “global city. ”
Xunzi and Early Chinese Naturalism
Explores Xunzi's thought in relation to the early Chinese philosophical context that relied on the natural world.
The Failure of Civil Society?
A look at the voluntary sector in Japan, which has emerged strongly only in recent years.
Green Peony and the Rise of the Chinese Martial Arts Novel
Explores the development of the Chinese martial arts novel.
Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism
An engagement between Confucianism and the philosophy of Richard Rorty.
The Revelation of the Breath
Celebrates and instructs in the healing power of breath.
Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva
Translations of two works from Sri Lanka on Yasodharā, the wife of the Buddha—an allusive and intriguing figure in Buddhist lore and literature.
Nirvana for Sale?
Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.
Awareness Bound and Unbound
Essays from the singular experience of Buddhist social critic and philosopher David R. Loy on classic and contemporary concerns.
The Teachings of the Odd-Eyed One
A study and translation of a tantric contemplative manual and the commentary on it.
Democracy as Culture
Explores the significance of Dewey’s thought on democracy for the contemporary world.
The Gita within Walden
Looks at the connections between Thoreau’s Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad-Gita.
Expanding Process
Brings Chinese Daoist and Confucian thought into conversation with Western process, pragmatic, and naturalist philosophy and theology.
Ritual and Deference
Brings Confucianism and Daoism into conversation with contemporary philosophy and the contemporary world situation.
Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra
Explores the importance of Buddhism as it developed in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) and its influence.
Mipam on Buddha-Nature
A comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhist thinker Mipam’s work on emptiness and Buddha-nature.