Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
6-2019
Abstract
It is often argued that comparative philosophy is afflicted by an inherent contradiction. For in order to be truly comparative, it needs to assume some over arching position with regard to the thinkers or thoughts under comparison, to somehow stand above or beyond what is being compared. In other words, it must transcend the things under comparison. If the comparative philosopher does not undertake at least the transcendence of her own culture, then she is in danger of imposing her own standards on foreign ways of thought.
Keywords
Comparative philosophy, Heidegger, Daoism
Discipline
Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Philosophies of place: An intercultural conversation
Editor
Roger Ames and Peter Herschock
First Page
34
Last Page
50
ISBN
9780824876586
Identifier
10.2307/j.ctv7r43n5.5
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
City or Country
Honolulu
Citation
BURIK, Steven. (2019). Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism. In Philosophies of place: An intercultural conversation (pp. 34-50). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3152
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv7r43n5.5