Crossing continents and running across centuries, Key Concepts in World Philosophies brings together the 45 core ideas associated with major Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic, African, Ancient Greek, Indigenous and modern European philosophers.The universal theme of self-cultivation and transformation connects each concept. Each one seeks to change our understanding the world or the life we are living. From Chinese xin and karma in Buddhist traditions to okwu in African philosophy, equity in Islamic thought and the good life in Aztec philosophy, an international team of philosophers cover a diverse set of ideas and theories originating from thinkers such as Confucius, Buddha, Dogen, Nezahualcoyotl, Nietzsche and Zhuangzi. Organised around the major themes of knowledge, metaphysics and aesthetics, each short chapter provides an introductory overview supported by a glossary.This is a one-of-a-kind toolkit that allows you to read philosophical texts from all over the world and learn how their ideas can be applied to your own life.

Written by an international team of leading experts, each chapter presents a complete study guide to the concept with introductory overviews and a glossary

List of ContributorsPreface "A Note on the "Key-Concepts" Approach and Diversification of Philosophical Curricula", Sarah FlavelAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, "Valuing diversity", Chiara RobbianoPart I: How We Acquire Knowledge about Ourselves and Reality1. Action and Praxis, Jin Y. Park2. Africa, Delphine Abadie3. Ataraxia, Frans A.J. de Haas4. Continuous Inquiry, Chiara Robbiano5. Emptiness, Jason M. Wirth6. Epistemic Decolonization of Culture, Omar Rivera7. Ezumezu, Jonathan O Chimakonam8. Gewu (Investigation of Things), Xiao Ouyang9. "I" as the Absolute Present, Yoko Arisaka10. Intellectual Non-Harming and Epistemic Friction, Anand Vaidya11. Karma, Peter D. Hershock12. Nature, Marzenna Jakubczak13. Perspectival Agility, Sarah Flavel and Brad Hall14. Relational Knowing, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach15. Relegational Arguments, Andrew K. Whitehead16. Science Fiction in/as Philosophy, Ethan Mills17. Shinjin Gakudô (Studying the Way with Body and Mind), Bret W. Davis18. Shinjin-datsuraku (dropping the bodymind), Rein Raud19. Prasanga Method, Ethan Mills20. Unconditioned, Russell Re Manning21. Vital Force, Pius M. Mosima22. Zhi (Knowing), Aaron CrellerPart II: How We Cultivate Ourselves and Relate to Others23. Double movement, Evgenia Ilieva24. Duhkha (suffering), Stephen E. Harris25. Equality, Hadeer Aboelnagah26. I-Thou Relation, Michiko Yusa27. Moral Responsiveness, Jay L. Garfield28. Nepantla, James Maffie29. Self-Cultivation and Political Power, Leah Kalmanson30. The Good Life, Sebastian Purcell31. Ubuntu/Botho, Michael Onyebuchi Eze32. Ujamaa, Edwin Etieyibo33. Wu wei, Yuan Zhang and Douglas L. Berger34. Xin (Heart-mind), Dascha DüringPart III: How We Express Ourselves35. Concreteness, Paul Ziche36. Conversationalism, Aribiah David Attoe37. Creativity, Kiene Brillenburg Wurth38. Diversity in Philosophy, Purushottama Bilimoria & Agnieszka Rostalska39. Dôtoku (Expression), Gereon Kopf40. Embodied Practice, John C. Maraldo41. Kata, Enrico Fongaro42. Li (Ritual), Geir Sigurðsson43. Noh Theater Mask, Mayuko Uehara44. Okwu, Jonathan O Chimakonam45. Tôjisha kenkyû (participant-led research), Saku HaraIndex