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008			070719s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007029930
015			_aGBA776849 _2bnb
016	7		_a014015573 _2Uk
020			_a9780231140249 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a023114024X (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a9780231511599 (ebook)
020			_a0231511590 (ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn154711177
035			_a(OCoLC)154711177
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _beng _erda
041	1		_aeng _hheb
050	0	0	_aB799 _b.B5313 2008
082	0	0	_a181/.4 _222
100	1		_aBiderman, Shlomo.
240	1	0	_aMasaʻot filosofim. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aCrossing horizons : _bworld, self, and language in Indian and Western thought / _cShlomo Biderman ; translated by Ornan Rotem.
264			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _cc2008.
300			_ax, 356 pages. ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-346) and index.
520			_aIn this book, Shlomo Biderman examines the views, outlooks, and attitudes of two distinct cultures: the West and classical India. He turns to a rich and varied collection of primary sources: the Rg Veda, the Upanishads, and texts by the Buddhist philosophers Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu, among others. In studying the West, Biderman considers the Bible and its commentaries, the writings of such philosophers as Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, Kant, and Derrida, and the literature of Kafka, Melville, and Orwell. Additional sources are Mozart's Don Giovanni and seminal films like Ingmar Bergman's Persona. Biderman uses concrete examples from religion and literature to illustrate the formal aspects of the philosophical problems of transcendence, language, selfhood, and the external world and then demonstrates their plausibility in actual situations. Though his method of analysis is comparative, Biderman does not adopt the disinterested stance of an "ideal" spectator. Rather, Biderman approaches ancient Indian thought and culture from a Western philosophical standpoint to uncover cultural presuppositions that can be difficult to expose from within the culture in question. The result is a fascinating landmark in the study of Indian and Western thought. Through his comparative prism, Biderman explores the most basic ideas underlying human culture, and his investigation not only sheds light on India's philosophical traditions but also facilitates a deeper understanding of our own. - From Amazon.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Comparative.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Indic.
650		0	_aSelf (Philosophy)
650		0	_aTranscendence (Philosophy)
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPhilosophy.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0723/2007029930.html
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=32783
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