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Eastern Influences on Western Philosophy: A Reader
Alexander Lyon) (Edited By Macfie
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paperback. This Reader explores the extent of Oriental influence on European thought, primarily in the period of the Enlightenment and the nineteenth-century period of doubt and scepticism that followed it. It is the first Reader to bring together in one place a series of specific historical and textual studies of Oriental influence upon European thinkers. Editor(s): Macfie, A. L. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 613. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
The influence of East on West - of Eastern ideas on Western thought - has become an increasingly vexed issue in recent times. Opinion is divided between two main schools: those who believe that Oriental ideas have exercised a considerable influence on Western thought, and those who, for a variety of reasons, believe that such influence has remained negligible. In this Reader A. L. Macfie suggests that the reality lies somewhere between these two extremes, and that the interest taken by Western thinkers in Eastern thought in the modern period has moved from one of passing interest, through serious ... Read more
The influence of East on West - of Eastern ideas on Western thought - has become an increasingly vexed issue in recent times. Opinion is divided between two main schools: those who believe that Oriental ideas have exercised a considerable influence on Western thought, and those who, for a variety of reasons, believe that such influence has remained negligible. In this Reader A. L. Macfie suggests that the reality lies somewhere between these two extremes, and that the interest taken by Western thinkers in Eastern thought in the modern period has moved from one of passing interest, through serious ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748617418
SKU
KSK0000574
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About Alexander Lyon) (Edited By Macfie
Alexander Lyon Macfie's publications include The Eastern Question (1988; 1996), The Straits Question (1993), Ataturk (1994), and The End of the Ottoman Empire (1998).
Reviews for Eastern Influences on Western Philosophy: A Reader
This is an important project and there is nothing quite like it currently available.
Professor Richard King, University of Derby The coverage is broad and attractive, focusing on a number of major contributors to this field, and making use of extracts from a range of highly esteemed scholarly works. The issue of orientalism, as well as related issues concerning ... Read more
Professor Richard King, University of Derby The coverage is broad and attractive, focusing on a number of major contributors to this field, and making use of extracts from a range of highly esteemed scholarly works. The issue of orientalism, as well as related issues concerning ... Read more