More explicit in its acknowledgment that "of course it's political!" than many US curriculum readers, this volume also atypically offers international viewpoints. Extending Cornbleuth's "critical prag
Exploring the influence of Descartes' philosophy on Husserl's phenomenology, MacDonald (philosophy, Murdoch U., Western Australia) elaborates on the relationship between the two philosophers' vision o
Drawing on recent developments in liberal theory, van den Brink (law, Tilburg University) develops an alternative defense of liberalism. He argues that liberal theorists should admit that their doctri
This is the first comprehensive coverage of socially and politically engaged Buddhism in Asia, presenting the historical development and institutional forms of engaged Buddhism in the light of traditi
Incorporates the later thought of German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (b. 1900) into his pioneering 1960 Truth and Method from which most scholars take his understanding of hermeneutics. Discusses
