This biographical dictionary provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence and reception of thinkers from all the major philosophical schools and traditions of the 20th century. This volume covers…

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Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) is one of the most important Japanese philosopher. This book focuses on the consequences of Nishida’s metaphysics in the areas of ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of religion…

This is an updated and expanded edition of the successful Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers. It draws together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions, and from the earliest times to…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Universities are increasingly shifting to English-medium instruction. This book offers perpectives on how universities have coped with changing the language of instruction and provides research on teaching and learning through…

The life and amazing times of an American dissident who has spent his whole life fighting first amendment abuses while being tailed by the FBI