ABSTRACT

This collection arises from the First Conference of the recently formed European Society for Asian Philosophy. It explores issues in Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Islamic philosophical traditions, both ancient and modern.
Across all philosophical traditions, Western or Asian, a central preoccupation has always been with the fundamental questions of moral and social philosophy, questions which link abstract philosophical enquiry with practical issues of how we should conduct ourselves in our personal and social life and how we can best organize our political institutions.

chapter |22 pages

Humanism and Islamic Ethics

The Curious Case of Miskawayh

chapter |17 pages

The Ethics of Watsuji Tetsurō

A Reappraisal of Western and Eastern Influences

chapter |6 pages

The Function of Theatre in Society

A Reading of the Nāṭyaśāstra

chapter |20 pages

Paths to Perfection

Yoga and Confucian *