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Philosophy/Religion
South Korea at the Crossroads
Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers Scott A. Snyder
Scott A. Snyder examines the trajectory of fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and offers predictions—and a prescription—for the future. Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd understanding of today’s political landscape, Snyder contends that South Korea’s best strategy remains investing in a robust alliance with the United States.
$25.00 / £20.00 paper 978-0-231-18549-3 $37.00 / £32.00 cloth 978-0-231-185486 2020 376 pages
A COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS BOOK
Ambitious and Anxious
How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education Yingyi Ma
BEST BOOK AWARD FROM THE CIES STUDY ABROAD AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SIG Yingyi Ma offers a multifaceted analysis of the wave of Chinese students across American higher education based on research in both Chinese high schools and U.S. institutions. Ma argues that their experiences embody the duality of ambition and anxiety that arises from transformative social changes in China.
$35.00 / £30.00 cloth 978-0-231-18458-8 2020 312 pages
India-Pakistan Strategic Relations
The Nuclear Dilemma Christoph Bluth and Uzma Mumtaz
Christoph Bluth and Uzma Mumtaz scrutinize the atypical and seemingly paradoxical impact of nuclearization on the conflict between India and Pakistan. They demonstrate that the dominant paradigm used in the international relations literature is inadequate to explain the relations between India and Pakistan, and develop a new explanation.
$46.00 paper 978-3-8382-1413-9 2020 350 pages
IBIDEM PRESS
Modern Sufis and the State
The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond Edited by Katherine Pratt Ewing and Rosemary R. Corbett
In recent years, Sufism has been held up as a supposedly peaceful alternative to forms of Islam associated with violence, an embodiment of tolerance and pluralism. Modern Sufism and the State brings together a range of scholars, including anthropologists, historians, and religious studies specialists, to challenge common assumptions.
$35.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-19575-1 $140.00 / £115.00 cloth 978-0-231-19574-4 2020 336 pages
RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE
Shintō in the History and Culture of Japan
Ronald S. Green
This book is a concise overview of Shintō through a survey of its key concepts, related archeological finds, central mythology, significant cultural sites, political dimensions, and historical developments. Its goal is to promote an understanding of Shintō as an enduring cultural phenomenon central to Japan past and present.
$15.00 / £12.99 paper 978-0-924304-91-0 2020 108 pages 24 illus
ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES
Stating the Sacred
Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State Michael J. Walsh
Stating the Sacred offers a novel approach to nation-state formation, arguing that its most critical element is how the state sacralizes the nation. Focusing primarily on China, Michael J. Walsh argues that the foundational role of the sacred makes all nation-states religious states.
$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-19357-3 $95.00 / £78.00 cloth 978-0-231-19356-6 2020 272 pages
Wisdom as a Way of Life
Theravāda Buddhism Reimagined Steven Collins Edited by Justin McDaniel. Preface by Dan Arnold. Afterword by Charles Hallisey
This wide-ranging and powerful book argues that Theravāda Buddhism provides ways of thinking about the self that can reinvigorate the humanities and offer broader insights into how to learn and how to act.
$35.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-19721-2 $140.00 / £115.00 cloth 978-0-231-19720-5 2020 296 pages Readings of Dōgen’ s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Steven Heine
The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shōbōgenzō) is the masterwork of Dōgen (1200–1253), founder of the Sōtō Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. Steven Heine provides a comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a textual, historical, literary, and philosophical examination of Dōgen’s treatise.
$35.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-18229-4 $140.00 / £115.00 cloth 978-0-231-18228-7 2020 312 pages
