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Journal articles on the topic "Comparative philosophy"

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Dai, Yuanfang. "Feminist Comparative Philosophy." Radical Philosophy Review 19, no. 3 (2016): 715–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/radphilrev201619377.

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AlKhaza’leh, Mohammad Salman, Bilal Fayiz Obeidat, Mohammad Issa Alhourani, Reema Al Qaruty, Wided Dafri, and Fawwaz Y. Musallam. "Islamic Philosophy: Interconnections and Comparative Perspectives with Other Philosophi." International Journal of Religion 5, no. 3 (March 8, 2024): 251–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.61707/me2cca52.

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one of the most important things that distinguishes Islamic philosophy is that it was born in a sound nature and addressed a mature mind capable of comprehending divine discourse, and it dealt with its issues away from other controversies, which built its own independence in thinking away from other philosophies, and this is a distinctive part so that no one claims that Islamic philosophy It was the product of education.
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Riepe, Dale Maurice. "Comparative Philosophy and the Philosophy of Scholarship." International Studies in Philosophy 27, no. 4 (1995): 145–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/intstudphil199527467.

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Chakrabarti, Arindam, and Ralph Weber. "Global Post-Comparative Philosophy as Just Philosophy." Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy 7, no. 1 (June 1, 2023): 199–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0027.

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Kahteran, Nevad, and Ralph Weber. "Towards Post-Comparative Philosophy." Asian Studies 9, no. 2 (May 7, 2021): 211–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/as.2021.9.2.211-221.

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Groves, J. Randall. "Comparative Philosophy of Mind." Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion 10 (2005): 55–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jipr2005103.

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Burik, Steven. "Derrida and Comparative Philosophy." Comparative and Continental Philosophy 6, no. 2 (November 2014): 125–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1757063814z.00000000037.

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Goto-Jones, Chris. "What is (Comparative) Philosophy?" Philosophy 88, no. 1 (January 2013): 133–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031819112000630.

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Wang, Xinli. "Incommensurability and Comparative Philosophy." Philosophy East and West 68, no. 2 (2018): 564–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pew.2018.0046.

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Moeller, Hans-Georg. "Before and After Comparative Philosophy." Asian Studies 10, no. 3 (September 2, 2022): 201–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/as.2022.10.3.201-224.

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This paper traces the history of comparative philosophy and points to a transition toward post-comparative philosophy. It is argued that, theoretically speaking, comparative philosophy was created by making a distinction between Western and non-Western philosophy and then re-entering this distinction into one of its sides, namely non-Western philosophy. Historically speaking, comparative philosophy was preceded by Orientalist academic disciplines such as Indology and Sinology founded in the 19th century, as well as by the establishment of disciplines like “Chinese Philosophy” in non-Western countries. With the emergence of the field of comparative philosophy in the 20th century, two camps developed: one focusing on difference and the other on sameness. Post-comparative philosophy, it is argued, moves beyond difference and sameness and engages in diverse philosophical endeavours by employing sources from various traditions without constituting a specific field based on culturalist distinctions.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Comparative philosophy"

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Nussbaum, Miriam Claire. "Subset comparatives as comparative quantifiers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113771.

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Thesis: S.M. in Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2017.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-44).
This paper motivates and presents a novel analysis of the "subset comparative" construction (e.g. John saw more phonologists than just Mary; John drank more than just coffee). I build on Hackl (2000) and Alxatib (2013)'s analyses of comparative quantifiers (more than three) to develop a unified account for both. This analysis entails that subset comparatives are formed via ellipsis of a clausal source; I provide evidence for this claim and against previous analyses that give subset comparatives a phrasal analysis.
by Miriam Claire Nussbaum.
S.M. in Linguistics
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Parent, Marcel 1975. "Is comparative philosophy postmodern?" Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79800.

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This thesis examines the claims of Jeffrey Timm and James Buchanan that the field of Comparative Philosophy is moving in a postmodern direction. I examine their conception of the postmodern and compare to both the most influential views of postmodernism and with my own understanding of postmodernism. To evaluate their claims I examine the journal Philosophy East and West, which I argue is representative of the field of Comparative Philosophy. I analyze the works of the editors of the journal and also do a statistical analysis of the journal to determine whether the field is becoming more postmodern. I conclude that Timm and Buchanan may be correct.
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Morris, Paul Martin. "Three Hindu philosophers : comparative philosophy and philosophy in modern India." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.278603.

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Seiler, Nils A. "Retranslating philosophy: Dharmottara’s theory of perception." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2019. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6852.

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Hackl, Martin 1968. "Comparative quantifiers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8765.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, February 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-193).
The main goal of the thesis is to present a novel analysis of comparative quantifiers such as more than three students. The prevalent view on such expressions advocated in Generalized Quantifier Theory is that they denoted generalized quantifiers ranging over individuals - entirely on a par with expressions like every student, some student(s), etc. According to this view, more than three is a determiner (like every) that is, even though morpho-syntactically complex, semantically a simplex expression that can be viewed as denoting a relation between sets of individuals. The proposal that will be developed in this thesis on the other hand maintains that expressions like more than three are also semantically complex. More specifically, an analysis of comparative quantifiers will be given that is fully compositional down to level of the formation of comparative determiners. The proposal is based on concepts that are independently needed to analyze comparative constructions. Three main pieces will be argued to form the semantic and syntactic core of comparative quantifiers: a degree function expressed by many, a degree description given by the numeral (which will be analyzed as measure phrase) and the comparative relation expressed by the comparative morpheme -er. Importantly, each of the three pieces can be empirically shown to interact in predictably (and partially independent) ways with elements inside the quantifier as well as with elements in the matrix clause. These interactions are unexpected unless comparative quantifiers are built in the syntax. Giving a fully compositional analysis is therefore not just conceptually appealing but also required to explain new empirical generalizations. The more general enterprise that this thesis hopes pave the way is giving a uniform and fully compositional analysis of comparative quantificational structures that does not exist so far.
by Martin Hackl.
Ph.D.
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Das, Shyamal. "Philosophy of marriage: an east-west comparative study." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2021. http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4658.

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Rauch, Peter E. (Peter Edward). "Playing with good and evil : videogames and moral philosophy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39151.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Comparative Media Studies, 2007.
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Despite an increasingly complex academic discourse, the videogame medium lacks an agreed-upon definition. Its relationship to previous media is somewhat unclear, and the unique attributes of the medium have not yet been fully catalogued. Drawing on theory suggesting that videogames can convey ideas, I will argue that the videogame medium is capable of modeling and critiquing elements of moral philosophy in a unique manner. To make this argument, I first address a number of questions about the proper definition of videogames, how games in general and videogames specifically convey ideas, and how games can be constructed to form arguments. Having defined my terms, I will conduct case studies on three games (Fable, Command & Conquer: Generals, and The Punisher), clarifying how the design of each could be modified to address a specific philosophical issue.
by Peter E. Rauch.
S.M.
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Wang, Qian, and 王茜. "Comparative studies in justifying punishment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44139330.

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Kwan, Sui-Chi. "Language, reality and daohood : an exercise in comparative philosophy /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?HUMA%202008%20KWAN.

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Martinez-Bedard, Brandie. "Types of Causes in Aristotle and Sankara." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2006. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/rs_hontheses/3.

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This paper is a comparative project between a philosopher from the Western tradition, Aristotle, and a philosopher from the Eastern tradition, Sankara. These two philosophers have often been thought to oppose one another in their thoughts, but I will argue that they are similar in several aspects. I will explore connections between Aristotle and Sankara, primarily in their theories of causation. I will argue that a closer examination of both Aristotelian and Advaita Vedanta philosophy, of which Sankara is considered the most prominent thinker, will yield significant similarities that will give new insights into the thoughts of both Aristotle and Sankara.
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Books on the topic "Comparative philosophy"

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Bilimoria, Purushottama, and Michael Hemmingsen, eds. Comparative Philosophy and J.L. Shaw. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17873-8.

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Benesch, Walter. An Introduction to Comparative Philosophy. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230597389.

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1956-, Mou Bo, ed. Comparative approaches to Chinese philosophy. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 2003.

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Mall, Ram Adhar. Intercultural philosophy. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

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Loy, David. Nonduality: A study in comparative philosophy. Atlantic Highlands, N.J: Humanities Press, 1997.

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Loy, David. Nonduality: A study in comparative philosophy. Amherst, N.Y: Humanity Books, 1999.

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Loy, David. Nonduality: A study in comparative philosophy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988.

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Loy, David. Nonduality: A study in comparative philosophy. Atlantic Highlands, N.J: Humanities Press, 1997.

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1956-, Cabezón José Ignacio, ed. Scholasticism: Cross-cultural and comparative perspectives. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.

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1949-, Marks Joel, Ames Roger T. 1947-, and Solomon Robert C, eds. Emotions in Asian thought: A dialogue in comparative philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995.

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Book chapters on the topic "Comparative philosophy"

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Long, Eugene Thomas. "Comparative Philosophy." In Twentieth-Century Western Philosophy of Religion 1900–2000, 474–94. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4064-5_22.

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Zagoren, Allen, Lucy Bregman, Mary Gottschalk, and Timothy D. Knepper. "Comparative Conclusions." In Comparative Philosophy of Religion, 229–48. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19300-3_14.

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Stacey, Becca. "Clarity through comparative philosophy." In Critical Conversations in African Philosophy, 211–25. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003172079-11.

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Lin, Shaopei, and Zhen Huang. "Introduction of Design Philosophy." In Comparative Design of Structures, 1–12. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48044-1_1.

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Agada, Ada. "Consolation philosophy's challenge to German philosophy and Western existentialist thought." In Consolationism and Comparative African Philosophy, 154–74. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003172123-11.

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Frankenberg, Günter. "Comparative Law: Methods of." In Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 503–10. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6519-1_733.

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Frankenberg, Günter. "Methods of Comparative Law." In Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 1–7. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_733-1.

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Yandell, Keith E. "Universal Religion and Comparative Philosophy." In Philosophy of Religion for a New Century, 279–306. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2074-2_17.

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Beauchamp, Tom L. "Comparative Studies: Japan and America." In Philosophy and Medicine, 25–47. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8895-9_3.

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Chen, Shaoming. "Comparative Philosophy from the Perspective of Chinese Philosophy’s Academic Experience." In Doing Chinese Philosophy, 23–36. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9840-1_2.

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Conference papers on the topic "Comparative philosophy"

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Machado Pontes, Leonardo. "Methodology in comparative legal studies." In XXVI World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Initia Via, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.17931/ivr2013_wg149_01.

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Araújo de Paula, Luciana. "The "authoritarian culture" in a historical perspective: comparative study between the mafiosi police in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires." In XXVI World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Initia Via, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.17931/ivr2013_wg141_04.

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Avdeeva, V. S. "Actor of collective representations in the comparative history of philosophy." In VIII Information school of a young scientist. Central Scientific Library of the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32460/ishmu-2020-8-0035.

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The article discusses the problem of the actor of collective representations in the comparative history of philosophy. It is proposed to emphasize the status of a researcher in comparative methodology and, thus, move from a dialogue of cultures (within the framework of the philosophy of culture) to an interdisciplinary dialogue (within the framework of the history of philosophy and historiography). Along with that historian of philosophy is considered as an actor of collective representations, transforming meanings and concepts based on the attitudes of national culture.
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Creder, Fábio. "Can one dispense with the idea of social contract as parameter for a relevant theory of justice? Some disadvantages of Amartya Sen’s comparative approach." In XXVI World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Initia Via, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.17931/ivr2013_wg152_04.

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Singh, Nawin, and Sajith Nair. "Pipeline Design Philosophy and Standards – A comparative Study and Recommendations." In Offshore Technology Conference Asia. Offshore Technology Conference, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/26666-ms.

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Evlampiev, Igor, Inga Matveeva, and Viktor Kupriyanov. "Leo Tolstoy’s and Henri Bergson’s "Philosophy of Life": Comparative Analysis." In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.38.

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Kornienko, A. G. "Dialog of Cultures (East and West) in the Karl Jaspers’ Philosophy." In VIII Information school of a young scientist. Central Scientific Library of the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32460/ishmu-2020-8-0038.

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The article sets forth the tasks of the historian of philosophy within the dialogue of cultures on the example of Karl Jaspers' philosophy. It explores the origins and characteristics of the methodology of comparative philosophy of history and the history of philosophy as well as status of the researcher within the context of the elaborated methodology.
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Rameshkhah, F., S. M. Hashemi, S. M. S. Ghiasi, and A. Arastoo. "Design Philosophy Revision in Metropolises Distribution System by Comparative Chromosome Genetic Algorithm." In 22nd International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2013). Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2013.1135.

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Anikeeva, Elena N., and Kirill V. Taravkov. "Comparative Eschatology and Philosophy of History of Karl Jaspers and Nikolai Berdyaev." In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/cesses-19.2019.291.

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Lakhvich, Todar. "ONE CHEMISTRY - TWO MEANINGS. SCIENCE AND EDUCATION: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ROLES, PRESENTATION AND APPLICATIONS." In 3rd International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2019). Scientia Socialis Ltd., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/balticste/2019.104.

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The comparative analysis of different meanings of Chemistry is carried out, taking in account philosophical, didactic, psychological and socio-cultural aspects. The issue is discussed in terms of the concurrent existence of two different subsystems referred both to Science and Education which can be found in presentations of chemistry knowledge. The study overviews researcher’s findings made in the field of Science Philosophy and Chemistry Didactics. Theoretical study based on profound concepts from Science and Chemistry philosophy as well on few empiric researches carried out by researcher in the field of Chemistry Didactics. Keywords: beautility, chemical object, chemistry education, modelling in science, visualization-based teaching.
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Reports on the topic "Comparative philosophy"

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Carty, Anthony, and Jing Gu. Theory and Practice in China’s Approaches to Multilateralism and Critical Reflections on the Western ‘Rules-Based International Order’. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.057.

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China is the subject of Western criticism for its supposed disregard of the rules-based international order. Such a charge implies that China is unilateralist. The aim in this study is to explain how China does in fact have a multilateral approach to international relations. China’s core idea of a community of shared future of humanity shows that it is aware of the need for a universal foundation for world order. The Research Report focuses on explaining the Chinese approach to multilateralism from its own internal perspective, with Chinese philosophy and history shaping its view of the nature of rules, rights, law, and of institutions which should shape relationships. A number of case studies show how the Chinese perspectives are implemented, such as with regards to development finance, infrastructure projects (especially the Belt and Road Initiative), shaping new international organisations (such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank), climate change, cyber-regulation and Chinese participation in the United Nations in the field of human rights and peacekeeping. Looking at critical Western opinion of this activity, we find speculation around Chinese motives. This is why a major emphasis is placed on a hermeneutic approach to China which explains how it sees its intentions. The heart of the Research Report is an exploration of the underlying Chinese philosophy of rulemaking, undertaken in a comparative perspective to show how far it resembles or differs from the Western philosophy of rulemaking.
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HEFNER, Robert. IHSAN ETHICS AND POLITICAL REVITALIZATION Appreciating Muqtedar Khan’s Islam and Good Governance. IIIT, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47816/01.001.20.

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Ours is an age of pervasive political turbulence, and the scale of the challenge requires new thinking on politics as well as public ethics for our world. In Western countries, the specter of Islamophobia, alt-right populism, along with racialized violence has shaken public confidence in long-secure assumptions rooted in democracy, diversity, and citizenship. The tragic denouement of so many of the Arab uprisings together with the ascendance of apocalyptic extremists like Daesh and Boko Haram have caused an even greater sense of alarm in large parts of the Muslim-majority world. It is against this backdrop that M.A. Muqtedar Khan has written a book of breathtaking range and ethical beauty. The author explores the history and sociology of the Muslim world, both classic and contemporary. He does so, however, not merely to chronicle the phases of its development, but to explore just why the message of compassion, mercy, and ethical beauty so prominent in the Quran and Sunna of the Prophet came over time to be displaced by a narrow legalism that emphasized jurisprudence, punishment, and social control. In the modern era, Western Orientalists and Islamists alike have pushed the juridification and interpretive reification of Islamic ethical traditions even further. Each group has asserted that the essence of Islam lies in jurisprudence (fiqh), and both have tended to imagine this legal heritage on the model of Western positive law, according to which law is authorized, codified, and enforced by a leviathan state. “Reification of Shariah and equating of Islam and Shariah has a rather emaciating effect on Islam,” Khan rightly argues. It leads its proponents to overlook “the depth and heights of Islamic faith, mysticism, philosophy or even emotions such as divine love (Muhabba)” (13). As the sociologist of Islamic law, Sami Zubaida, has similarly observed, in all these developments one sees evidence, not of a traditionalist reassertion of Muslim values, but a “triumph of Western models” of religion and state (Zubaida 2003:135). To counteract these impoverishing trends, Khan presents a far-reaching analysis that “seeks to move away from the now failed vision of Islamic states without demanding radical secularization” (2). He does so by positioning himself squarely within the ethical and mystical legacy of the Qur’an and traditions of the Prophet. As the book’s title makes clear, the key to this effort of religious recovery is “the cosmology of Ihsan and the worldview of Al-Tasawwuf, the science of Islamic mysticism” (1-2). For Islamist activists whose models of Islam have more to do with contemporary identity politics than a deep reading of Islamic traditions, Khan’s foregrounding of Ihsan may seem unfamiliar or baffling. But one of the many achievements of this book is the skill with which it plumbs the depth of scripture, classical commentaries, and tasawwuf practices to recover and confirm the ethic that lies at their heart. “The Quran promises that God is with those who do beautiful things,” the author reminds us (Khan 2019:1). The concept of Ihsan appears 191 times in 175 verses in the Quran (110). The concept is given its richest elaboration, Khan explains, in the famous hadith of the Angel Gabriel. This tradition recounts that when Gabriel appeared before the Prophet he asked, “What is Ihsan?” Both Gabriel’s question and the Prophet’s response make clear that Ihsan is an ideal at the center of the Qur’an and Sunna of the Prophet, and that it enjoins “perfection, goodness, to better, to do beautiful things and to do righteous deeds” (3). It is this cosmological ethic that Khan argues must be restored and implemented “to develop a political philosophy … that emphasizes love over law” (2). In its expansive exploration of Islamic ethics and civilization, Khan’s Islam and Good Governance will remind some readers of the late Shahab Ahmed’s remarkable book, What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic (Ahmed 2016). Both are works of impressive range and spiritual depth. But whereas Ahmed stood in the humanities wing of Islamic studies, Khan is an intellectual polymath who moves easily across the Islamic sciences, social theory, and comparative politics. He brings the full weight of his effort to conclusion with policy recommendations for how “to combine Sufism with political theory” (6), and to do so in a way that recommends specific “Islamic principles that encourage good governance, and politics in pursuit of goodness” (8).
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