This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism-arguably the world's first transnational religion-is a rich resource for navigating todays interconnected world.
In this book, author David N. Levy uses Machiavelli's conflict between the elite and the people as the lens through which to understand the other major features of his republicanism. Through analyzing his Discourses on Livy, Levy shows that Machiavelli's principles can provide support for, and constructive criticism of, modern liberal democracy.
The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Editors Sarah Tyson and Joshua M. Hall convene an international group of philosophical thinkers-from both inside and outside prison walls-who draw on a variety of historical figures and critical perspectives to think about prisons in our new historical era.
In an intricate play on Dante's Divine Comedy, this book engages questions of religion and philosophy through the aporetic dynamics of love and power, locating its discussions in the midst of, and in between the spheres of a genuine philosophy of multiplicity.
In this book, author Gene Fendt shows how Plato's Republic provides a liturgical purification for the political and psychic delusions of readers, even as Socrates provides the same for his interlocutors at the festival of Bendis.
This volume examines the philosophical thought of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and is an assessment of King's contribution to philosophy-especially ethics, social philosophy and philosophy of religion. It also explores the relevance of King's thoughts as "liberatory discourse"-insurgent thinking aimed at enabling contemporary social justice.
Crimes of Reason brings together expanded and updated versions of some of Braude's best previously published essays, along with new essays written specifically for this book.
This volume explores the role of some of the most prominent twentieth-century philosophers and political thinkers as teachers. It examines what obstacles they confronted as teachers and how they overcame them in conveying truth to their students in an age dominated by ideological thinking.
This book is affords us the opportunity to rediscover Richard Wright and reexamine his work and its continuing significance in light of our contemporary situation. Moreover, the collection allows us to analyze Wright's relationship and contribution to the discipline of philosophy, both challenging and enriching its traditional ideas and concepts.
