After appropriation : explorations in intercultural philosophy and religion / / edited by Morny Joy.

• TeilnehmendeR: Joy, Morny,
• Place / Publishing House: Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2011.; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 pages) :; digital file(s).

"After Appropriation is the first book to undertake a comprehensive study of questions in comparative philosophy and religion.While the division between the two disciplines of Religious Studies and Philosophy is commonplace in western academia, this bifurcation does not necessarily apply in non-western settings, where religion and philosophy tend to be integrated. As a result, when the disciplines are virtually mutually exclusive, as in the West, a full appreciation of non-Western approaches to either religion or philosophy is not easily attained, and distortions, such as appropriation, often occur. Within the last ten years, there has been a concerted effort on the part of a number of Western scholars to try to address these deficiencies and re-examine many ideas that have been misappropriated or otherwise excluded. These errors have resulted from a traditional approach where the religions and philosophies of non-Western peoples have been interpreted by reducing or manipulating their ideas and values to fit within Western concepts and categories. This project is conducted with full awareness of the post-colonial critique of such enterprises.One of the central questions addressed is how comparative philosophy and religion would change if the concepts and categories of non-Western philosophies and religions were taken as of equal importance." --back cover.