Asian Philosophy

Self, World, and Knowledge

Takeshi Morisato, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium This introduction focuses on Tanabe Hajime (18851962)’s central philosophical ideas and especially helps readers understand his comparative philosophical perspective on self, world, knowledge, and the purpose of philosophizing. Hajime is the founding member of the Kyoto School and the critical successor of the “father of contemporary Japanese philosophy” Nishida Kitaro (1870–1945). Featuring comprehensive further reading lists, discussion questions and teaching notes, this is an ideal introductory guide to Tanabe Hajime suitable for anyone interested in Japanese and world philosophy, as well as the development of the Kyoto School.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 240 pages PB 9781350101708 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9781350101715 • £50.00 / $68.00 ePub 9781350101739 • £15.29 / $20.83 ePdf 9781350101722 • £15.29 / $20.83 Series: Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies • Bloomsbury Academic

In Defence of the Ordinary

Everyday Awakenings

Dev Nath Pathak, South Asian University, Delhi, India Informed by sources like psychoanalysis, philosophy, yoga, anthropology, popular cinema, folk songs, and everything that is part of ordinary living, Pathak invites readership in contemporary India to rethink the ways of seeing, understanding, enacting, emoting and relating. This is not blind to the burning issues of human ordinariness, for example, developmentalist mindset of consumers, violence of sexual desires, interpersonal relations in the age of mediations, emotions in the time of vulnerable sentiments, memory and forgetting, complexity of living and dying inter alia. Mixing wit and wisdom, traditional and modern, and mythological and historical, this book provides a rare reading of Indian ordinariness.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 224 pages HB 9789390358175 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9789390358250 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9789354352980 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic India World All Languages (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)

Chinese Philosophers and Philosophy

An Introduction

Ronnie L. Littlejohn, Belmont University, USA For anyone looking to understand Chinese philosophy, here is the place to start. Introducing this vast and far-reaching tradition, Ronnie L. Littlejohn tells you everything you need to know about those Chinese thinkers who have made the biggest contributions to the conversation of philosophy. Weaving together key subjects, thinkers and texts, we see how Chinese traditions have profoundly shaped the institutions, social practices and psychological character of the world we are living in. Praised for its completely original and illuminating thematic approach, this new edition includes updated reading lists, a comparative chronology and translated extracts.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 320 pages PB 9781350177406 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350177413 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350177437 • £17.99 / $23.44 ePdf 9781350177420 • £17.99 / $23.44 Bloomsbury Academic

The Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo

Indian Philosophy and Yoga in the Contemporary World

Edited by Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, Hindu University of America, USA Applying ideas of Sri Aurobindo to problems confronting the world today, this collection presents an in-depth exploration of his evolutionary philosophy and Integral Yoga. Each chapter takes a theoretical aspect of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy, positions it alongside policy debates on the individual and the state and explains its practical and educational benefits. By presenting the first sustained discourse between Sri Aurobindo and the contemporary world, this collection addresses the relevance of his philosophy for everyday life and highlights the lasting work of this important 20th-century Indian thinker.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 272 pages PB 9781350188686 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350124868 ePub 9781350124882 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350124875 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic