[Buddha-l] Philosophy East & West

[Stephen Hopkins]

Buddha-lers -

In these times, although a little off Buddha-l's mainstream, listmembers
might be interested in a piece in the current issue of the Brit mag
'Prospect' by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad (Senior lecturer in the Department of
Religious Studies at Lancaster University and author of "Eastern Philosophy"
(Weidenfeld)) which pokes around the question of 'why cinema, literature and
other aspects of western culture are increasingly open to Asian influence
(but) not so western philosophy, which remains almost entirely sealed off
from eastern traditions. Why? Institutionalised parochialism on the part of
western philosophers and a loss of nerve among Asian thinkers' (says
Ram-Prasad).


http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7320&category=130&
issue=517


Best,

Steve Hopkins