{"product_id":"differences-in-identity-in-philosophy-lydia-azadpour-9781350290174","title":"Differences in Identity in Philosophy and Religion: A Cross-Cultural Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the constitutive role alterity plays in identity formation in Western and Eastern traditions. It examines the significance of difference in conceptions of identity across major philosophical and religious traditions in a global and comparative context, considering Ancient Greek and Egyptian, Chinese, Islamic, European and Japanese philosophies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition, the book opens up discussion of less dominant trends in philosophical thinking, particularly the spaces between self-same existence and otherness in the histories of philosophical and religious thought. Chapters critique both essentialist and postmodern understandings of self-constitution by questioning the ordinary narrative of identity construction across Western and non-Western traditions. The book also explores the construction of selfhood from a wide range of perspectives, drawing upon individual philosophers (including Plotinus, Descartes, Geulincx, Hume, de Beauvoir and Ueda) as well as religious and philosophical movements, including Confucian philosophy, Zen Buddhism, Protestantism and Post-Phenomenology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDifferences in Identity in Philosophy and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e represents a landmark study, drawing together a range of approaches, perspectives and traditions to explore how identity is constructed across the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Azadpour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350290173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350290174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Lydia Azadpour","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48484967678207,"sku":"9781350290174","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe5897bb-1539-4b80-aaf2-9b0a672beb7c.jpg?v=1778047027","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/differences-in-identity-in-philosophy-lydia-azadpour-9781350290174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}