Chinese Philosophy, “Postcomparative” Approaches and Transcultural Studies
A Reply to Vytis Silius
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https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2020.8.3.305-316Keywords:
Asian Studies, Vytis Silius, diversifying academic philosophy, Chinese philosophyAbstract
In the previous issue of Asian Studies (May 2020), Vytis Silius published a paper entitled Diversifying Academic Philosophy: The Post-Comparative Turn and Transculturalism, in which he dealt with some basic, significant and hitherto still unsolved questions regarding the so-called “post-comparative shift” in Chinese and intercultural philosophy.
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