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Public Zen, Personal Zen

A Buddhist Introduction

by Peter D. Hershock ...

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Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and “zen” is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition—from its beginnings as a form of Buddhist thought and practice imported from China to its reinvention in medieval Japan as a ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and “zen” is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition—from its beginnings as a form of Buddhist thought and practice imported from China to its reinvention in medieval Japan as a
... Read more
Buddhism and Intelligent Technology

Toward a More Humane Future

by Peter D. Hershock ...

Machine learning, big data and AI are reshaping the human experience and forcing us to develop a new ethical intelligence. Peter Hershock offers a new way to think about attention, personal presence, and ethics as intelligent technology shatters previously foundational certainties and opens entirely new spaces of opportunity.Rather than turning exclusively to cognitive science and contemporary ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Machine learning, big data and AI are reshaping the human experience and forcing us to develop a new ethical intelligence. Peter Hershock offers a new way to think about attention, personal presence, and ethics as intelligent technology shatters previously foundational certainties and opens entirely new spaces of opportunity.Rather than turning exclusively to cognitive science and contemporary
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Consciousness Mattering

A Buddhist Synthesis

by Peter D. Hershock ...

Consciousness Mattering presents a contemporary Buddhist theory in which brains, bodies, environments, and cultures are relational infrastructures for human consciousness. Drawing on insights from meditation, neuroscience, physics, and evolutionary theory, it demonstrates that human consciousness is not something that occurs only in our heads and consists in the creative elaboration of relations ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Consciousness Mattering presents a contemporary Buddhist theory in which brains, bodies, environments, and cultures are relational infrastructures for human consciousness. Drawing on insights from meditation, neuroscience, physics, and evolutionary theory, it demonstrates that human consciousness is not something that occurs only in our heads and consists in the creative elaboration of relations
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Tianxia in Comparative Perspectives

Alternative Models for a Possible Planetary Order

by Roger T. Ames, Roger T. Ames, Sor-hoon Tan, Peter D. Hershock, Peter D. Hershock, Dr. Rajeev Bhargava, Liam C. Kelley, Dr. Xinfeng Kong0, Viren Murthy1, Takahiro Nakajima2, Dr. Mustapha Kamal Pasha3, Dr. Yaqing Qin4, Dr. Mogobe Bernard Ramose5, Dr. Christian Uhl6, Ban Wang7, Dr. Binfan Wang8, Dr. Qingxin Wang9, Dr. Jun-Hyeok Kwak0 ...

Series series Confucian Cultures
Tianxia—conventionally translated as “all-under-Heaven”—in everyday Chinese parlance simply means “the world.” But tianxia is also a geopolitical term found in canonical writings that has a deeper historical and philosophical significance. Although there are many understandings of tianxia in this literature*,* interpretations within the Chinese process cosmology generally begin with an ecological ... Read more

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Tianxia—conventionally translated as “all-under-Heaven”—in everyday Chinese parlance simply means “the world.” But tianxia is also a geopolitical term found in canonical writings that has a deeper historical and philosophical significance. Although there are many understandings of tianxia in this literature*,* interpretations within the Chinese process cosmology generally begin with an ecological
... Read more
Confucianism and Deweyan Pragmatism

Resources for a New Geopolitics of Interdependence

by Roger T. Ames, Roger T. Ames, Yajun Chen, Peter D. Hershock, Peter D. Hershock, Barry Allen, Jim Behuniak, Richard J. Bernstein0, Jia Chen1, Mathew A. Foust2, Judith M. Green3, Viren Murthy4, Carlin Romano5, Sor-hoon Tan6, Leonard J. Waks7, Guorong Yang8 ...

Series series Confucian Cultures
Over the past generation, the rise of East Asia and especially China has brought about a sea change in the economic and political world order. At the same time, global warming, environmental degradation, food and water shortages, population explosion, and income inequities have created a perfect storm that threatens the very survival of humanity. It is clear now that the Westphalian model of ... Read more

$23.79 USD

Over the past generation, the rise of East Asia and especially China has brought about a sea change in the economic and political world order. At the same time, global warming, environmental degradation, food and water shortages, population explosion, and income inequities have created a perfect storm that threatens the very survival of humanity. It is clear now that the Westphalian model of
... Read more
One Corner of the Square

Essays on the Philosophy of Roger T. Ames

by Joshua Mason, Dr. Attilio Adreini, Dr. Eiho Baba, Dr. Martin Schonfeld, Jim Behuniak, Kirill Thompson, Dr. Kurtis Hagen, Haiming Wen, Dr. Thorian R. Harris0, Dr. Brian Bruya1, Steven Coutinho2, Peter Wong3, Sarah A. Mattice4, Andrew Lambert5, Carine Defoort6, Dr. Daniel Coyle7, Dr. Marty H. Heitz8, Dr. Jinmei Yuan9, Dr. Joseph Harroff0, Dr. Geir Sigurdsson1, Dr. Vytis Sililus2, Dr. James D. Sellmann3, Dr. Jing Liu4, Dr. Kuan-Hung Chen5, Sor-hoon Tan6, Dr. Amy Olberding7, Dr. Sydney Morrow8, Dr. Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee9, Peter D. Hershock0, Dr. Jason Ananda Josephson Storm1, Dr. Lauren F. Pfister2, Dr. Meilin Chinn3 ...

In a historical moment when cross-cultural communication proves both necessary and difficult, the work of comparative philosophy is timely. Philosophical resources for building a shared future marked by vitality and collaborative meaning-making are in high demand. Taking note of the present global philosophical situation, this collection of essays critically engages the scholarship of Roger T. ... Read more

$23.79 USD

In a historical moment when cross-cultural communication proves both necessary and difficult, the work of comparative philosophy is timely. Philosophical resources for building a shared future marked by vitality and collaborative meaning-making are in high demand. Taking note of the present global philosophical situation, this collection of essays critically engages the scholarship of Roger T.
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Human Beings or Human Becomings?

A Conversation with Confucianism on the Concept of Person

Edited by Peter D. Hershock, Roger T. Ames ...

Series series SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Argues that Confucianism and other East Asian philosophical traditions can be resources for understanding and addressing current global challenges such as climate change and hunger.Great transformations are reshaping human life, social institutions, and the world around us, raising profound questions about our fundamental values. We now have the knowledge and the technical expertise, for instance, ... Read more

$33.29 USD

Argues that Confucianism and other East Asian philosophical traditions can be resources for understanding and addressing current global challenges such as climate change and hunger.Great transformations are reshaping human life, social institutions, and the world around us, raising profound questions about our fundamental values. We now have the knowledge and the technical expertise, for instance,
... Read more
Buddhist Responses to Globalization

by Erin McCarthy, Ugo Dessi, Peter D. Hershock, Carolyn M. Jones Medine, Melanie L. Harris, John W. M. Krummel ...

This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From various philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism—arguably the world’s first transnational religion—is a rich resource for navigating today's interconnected world. Buddhist Responses to Globalization addresses ... Read more

$105.29 USD

This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From various philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism—arguably the world’s first transnational religion—is a rich resource for navigating today's interconnected world. Buddhist Responses to Globalization addresses
... Read more
Valuing Diversity

Buddhist Reflection on Realizing a More Equitable Global Future

by Peter D. Hershock ...

Uses Buddhist philosophy to discuss diversity as a value, one that can contribute to equity in a globalizing world.Diversity matters. Whether in the context of ecosystems, education, the workplace, or politics, diversity is now recognized as a fact and as something to be positively affirmed. But what is the value of diversity? What explains its increasing significance? Valuing Diversity is a ... Read more

$35.09 USD

Uses Buddhist philosophy to discuss diversity as a value, one that can contribute to equity in a globalizing world.Diversity matters. Whether in the context of ecosystems, education, the workplace, or politics, diversity is now recognized as a fact and as something to be positively affirmed. But what is the value of diversity? What explains its increasing significance? Valuing Diversity is a
... Read more
From Africa to Zen

An Invitation to World Philosophy

by Roger T. Ames, J Baird Callicott, David L. Hall, Peter D. Hershock, Oliver Leaman, Janet McCracken, Robert A. McDermott, Eric Ormsby, Thomas W. Overholt, Graham Parkes, Roy Perrett, Stephen H. Phillips, Homayoon Sepasi-Tehrani, Jacqueline Trimier, Jorge Valadez ...

In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, fifteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The dozen essays collected here unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often neglected in the western world. The contributors include the leading scholars in their fields, but they write for students coming to ... Read more

$49.99 USD

In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, fifteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The dozen essays collected here unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often neglected in the western world. The contributors include the leading scholars in their fields, but they write for students coming to
... Read more
Buddhism in the Public Sphere

Reorienting Global Interdependence

by Peter D. Hershock ...

Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
The core teachings and practices of Buddhism are systematically directed toward developing keen and caring insight into the relational or interdependent nature of all things. Hershock applies Buddhist thought to reflect on the challenges to public good, created by emerging social, economic, and political realities associated with increasingly complex global interdependence.In eight chapters, the ... Read more

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The core teachings and practices of Buddhism are systematically directed toward developing keen and caring insight into the relational or interdependent nature of all things. Hershock applies Buddhist thought to reflect on the challenges to public good, created by emerging social, economic, and political realities associated with increasingly complex global interdependence.In eight chapters, the
... Read more

Encountering China

Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy

Edited by Michael J. Sandel, Paul J. D'Ambrosio ...

In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. In China, he’s a phenomenon, greeted by vast crowds. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity “usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars.” China Newsweek declared him the “most influential foreign figure” of the year. In Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by the ... Read more

$21.59 USD

In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. In China, he’s a phenomenon, greeted by vast crowds. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity “usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars.” China Newsweek declared him the “most influential foreign figure” of the year. In Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by the
... Read more

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