A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most
comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the
very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most
important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist
philosophy.
* Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy
available, covering social and political thought, meditation,
ecology and contemporary issues and applications
* Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship
that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of
Buddhist thought
* Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to
instructors in creating a syllabus
* Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives
on topics to those available in Western traditions
About the author
Steven M. Emmanuel is Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Wesleyan College, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard and the Logic of Revelation (1996) and editor of two previous volumes with Blackwell: The Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche (2001) and Modern Philosophy: An Anthology (2002). In 2008, he produced and directed an award-winning documentary film entitled Making Peace with Viet Nam.
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