Reviews for Asian and Jungian Views of Ethics, Vol. 66

The average rating for Asian and Jungian Views of Ethics, Vol. 66 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-12-13 00:00:00 Adam Hale I was taught by Neville and, even if this is not one of his best books in terms of craft (it was assembled from various essays, lectures, etc.), it is characterized by his typical breadth of vision and deep insight - even as he admits, with a sureness I lack, just how modest his achievements really are in face of the awesome task of comparative, integrative philosophizing. Only such philosophizing can bring forward what is living in the world's many traditions to (hopefully) meet the challenges of living in a world our ancestors could not have imagined - a world we ourselves struggle to imagine even as we bring it into being. I am using the book in an upper-level undergraduate course in comparative philosophy. Although some chapters can start to seem like exercises in name-checking, they provide helpful orientation to some of the important work that has gone on in Chinese-Western comparative philosophy to date. Other chapters are excellent introductions to major themes and figures of Chinese, especially Confucian, philosophy. Still others show Neville rehearsing and further developing his own project with inspirational help from his Confucian predecessors. This is not one of Neville's best books, but it still is a very good book.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-18 00:00:00 Sami Zaman Leibniz, one of the only Western philosophers of his time to (somewhat) legitimately think about other cultures, deserves some praise. The subject matter of this book is compelling, and although it might take some time to wrap your head around Leibniz's philosophy, I think the fact that Perkins brings this topic to light (ha, pun) is something that more philosophers should look into.