Phenomenology and Intercultural Understanding: Toward a New Cultural Flesh
Kwok-Ying Lau
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Description for Phenomenology and Intercultural Understanding: Toward a New Cultural Flesh
Hardback. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
This book approaches the topic of intercultural understanding in philosophy from a phenomenological perspective. It provides a bridge between Western and Eastern philosophy through in-depth discussion of concepts and doctrines of phenomenology and ancient and contemporary Chinese philosophy. Phenomenological readings of Daoist and Buddhist philosophies are provided: the reader will find a study of theoretical and methodological issues and innovative readings of traditional Chinese and Indian philosophies from the phenomenological perspective. The author uses a descriptive rigor to avoid cultural prejudices and provides a non-Eurocentric conception and practice of philosophy. Through this East-West comparative study, a compelling criticism of a ... Read more
This book approaches the topic of intercultural understanding in philosophy from a phenomenological perspective. It provides a bridge between Western and Eastern philosophy through in-depth discussion of concepts and doctrines of phenomenology and ancient and contemporary Chinese philosophy. Phenomenological readings of Daoist and Buddhist philosophies are provided: the reader will find a study of theoretical and methodological issues and innovative readings of traditional Chinese and Indian philosophies from the phenomenological perspective. The author uses a descriptive rigor to avoid cultural prejudices and provides a non-Eurocentric conception and practice of philosophy. Through this East-West comparative study, a compelling criticism of a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Contributions to Phenomenology
Condition
New
Weight
553g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319447629
SKU
V9783319447629
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99-15
About Kwok-Ying Lau
Kwok-ying LAU, born and educated in Hong Kong, received his Doctor in Philosophy at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, in 1993 with a dissertation entitled Merleau-Ponty ou la tension entre Husserl et Heidegger. Currently Full Professor and Director of MA in Philosophy Program at the Department of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, he is the founding editor-in-chief ... Read more
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