Heidegger and Asian Thought

by Graham Parkes (Editor)

"In 12 excellent essays by scholars East and West, this collection explores the many dimensions of Heidegger's relation to Eastern thinking.... Because of the quality of the contributions, the eminence of the many contributors... this volume must be considered an indispensable reference on the subject. Highly recommended." ―Choice.

Genres: Philosophy

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1990

Reviews

[Joseph]

A diverse group of thinkers present essays of varying quality, but all are interesting, and anyone with any interest in comparative philosophy and ontology/existentialism, particularly in the work of Heidegger, will find something of use in this collection. I'd also recommend Parke's translation of Heidegger's Hidden SOurces.

[Jessica Zu]

Pretty impressive collection of scholarly articles on Heidegger's engagement with Asian thoughts. But I'm disappointed by that there is only one article on Japanese philosophers' engagement of Heidegger. All other articles are about how Heidegger interact with Asian thought. Hence a more appropriate title might be "Heidegger ON Asian thought"

This title reads problematic--it's perpetuating the myth that only "western philosophy" is philosophy proper and all others are mere "thoughts" not philosophy.
this kind of dicontextualized comparative philosophy is only good on paper, in reality--it carries on the momentum of Orientalist racist bias