After Appropriation: Explorations in Intercultural Philosophy and Religion

by Morny Joy (Editor)

Overview

While there have been a number of specialized books in the field of comparative philosophy, and many in the field of comparative religion, there are few scholars who can address both disciplines. Furthermore, when these disciplines are virtually mutually exclusive, as in Western academia, a full appreciation of non-Western approaches to either religion or philosophy is not easily attained, and distortions, such as appropriation, often occur. Within the last ten years, there has been a concerted effort on the part of a number of Western scholars to try to address these deficiencies.

After Appropriation consists of thirteen essays, each of which addresses an issue or illustrates a problem in the interdisciplinary field of comparative religion and philosophy as it is presently conceived. Many misappropriations and exclusions have arisen from the Western tendency to reduce and manipulate the ideas and values of non-Western religions and philosophies to fit within Western concepts and categories. How might comparative philosophy and religion change if the concepts and categories of non-Western philosophies and religions were taken as primary?

This book explores this question through analytic and phenomenological Western approaches, infused with fresh strategies and modalities derived from or inspired by non-Western traditions. In a world of increasing pluralism and continuing globalization, there is a growing need to elevate discussion of these issues to a more sophisticated level. A truly groundbreaking collection, After Appropriation inaugurates an entirely new integrative discipline of comparative religion and philosophy, and the exceptional calibre adnd wide spectrum of the book's scholarship will stimulate and propel further interest in this pivotal and fruitful direction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552385029
Publisher:	University of Calgary Press
Publication date:	12/12/2011
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Morny Joy is University Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary and has published extensively in the area of women, philosophy, and religion. She is author of Divine Love: Luce Irigaray, Women, Gender and Religion.

With Contributions By: Tamara Albertini, Arindam Chakrabarti, Francis X. Clooney, Christopher G. Framarin, Katrin Froese, Morny Joy, Chen-kuo Lin, Dan Lusthaus, Michael McGhee, Michael Oppenheim, Tinu Ruparell, Vincent Shen, and Ahmad F. Yousif

Table of Contents

Introduction Morny Joy vii

Comparative Studies in Philosophy/Religion and Dialogue as Mutual "Strangification" (Waitui ) Vincent Shen 1

The Philosopher as Stranger: The Idea of Comparative Philosophy Michael McGhee 25

Locating Intercultural Philosophy in Relation to Religion Tinu Ruparell 41

The Connecting Manas: Inner Sense, Common Sense, or the Organ of Imagination Arindam Chakrabarti 57

Studying the "Other": Challenges and Prospects of Muslim Scholarship on World Religions Ahmad F. Yousif 77

The Vices of Ethics: The Critique of Morality in Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Daoism Katrin Froese 95

Comparative Philosophy of Religion and Modern Jewish Philosophy: A Conversation Michael Oppenheim 119

Philosophy, Medicine, Science, and Boundaries Dan Lusthaus 139

Religious Intellectual Texts as a Site for Intercultural Philosophical and Theological Reflection: The Case of the Srimad Rahasyatrayasara and the Traité de l'Amour de Dieu Francis X. Clooney 173

Phenomenology of Awakening in Zhiyi's Tiantai Philosophy Chen-kuo Lin 203

Ibn Rushd or Averroës? Of Double Names and Double Truths: A Different Approach to Islamic Philosophy Tamara Albertini 221

The Use of Laksana in Indian Exegesis Christopher G. Framarin 239

Women's Rights as Human Rights: Explorations in Intercultural Philosophy and Religion Morny Joy 257

Notes on Contributors 281

Index 287