Enduring Colonialism: Classical Presences and Modern by A. Raghuramaraju

The Bioethics of Regenerative Medicine: 102 (Philosophy and Medicine)

Regenerative drugs is wealthy with promethean offers. using human embryonic stem cells in examine is justified by way of its advocates by way of supplies to remedy quite a lot of illnesses and disabilities, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinsonism to the result of middle assaults and spinal wire accidents. extra widely, there's the promethean attract of having the ability to revamp human organic nature when it comes to the targets and matters of people.

Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)

The paintings explores the ancient and highbrow context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the severe concerns with regards to questions of improvement and originality in Tsongkhapa's proposal. It additionally offers widely with considered one of Tsongkhapa's fundamental matters, particularly his makes an attempt to illustrate that the center means philosophy's deconstructive research doesn't negate the truth of the typical international.

Cultivating Personhood: Kant and Asian Philosophy

Authors from world wide unite so that it will domesticate discussion among Asian and Western philosophy. The papers forge a brand new, East-West comparative course in general variety of concerns in Kant experiences. the concept that of personhood, the most important for either traditions, serves as a springboard to deal with concerns equivalent to wisdom acquisition and schooling, ethics and self-identity, religious/political group development, and cross-cultural knowing.

Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian’s Writings (Chinese-Western Discourse)

Like artists, vital writers defy unequivocal interpretations. Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, is a worldly author, deeply rooted within the chinese language prior whereas encouraged by means of paragons of Western modernity. the current quantity brings jointly for the 1st time a set of essays at the subject matters of freedom and destiny within the inventive works of Gao Xingjian.