Oriental Enlightenment
Author | : J.J. Clarke |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134784745 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134784740 |
Rating | : 4/5 (740 Downloads) |
Download or read book Oriental Enlightenment written by J.J. Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the place of Eastern thought - Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Confucianism - in the Western intellectual tradition? Oriental Enlightenment shows how, despite current talk of 'globalization', there is still a reluctance to accept that the West could have borrowed anything of significance from the East, and explores a critique of the 'orientalist' view that we must regard any study of the East through the lens of Western colonialism and domination. Oriental Enlightenment provides a lucid introduction to the fascination Eastern thought has exerted on Western minds since the Renaissance.