Overlapping Cosmologies In Asia: Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Approaches

Editors:

Mak, Bill M.

Huntington, Eric

Format:

Book

Year:

2022

Publisher:

Brill

Place published:

Leiden

Language:

English

Abstract:

The history of cosmology is often understood in terms of the development of modern science, but Asian cosmological thought and practice touched on many aspects of life, including mathematics, astronomy, politics, philosophy, religion, and art.

Because of the deep pervasion of cosmology in culture, many opportunities arose for transmissions of cosmological ideas across borders and innovations of knowledge and application in new contexts. Taking a wider view, one finds that cosmological ideas traveled widely and intermingled freely, being frequently reinterpreted by scholars, ritualists, and artists and transforming as they overlapped with ideas and practices from other traditions. This book brings together ten diverse scholars to present their views on these overlapping cosmologies in Asia. They are Ryuji Hiraoka, Satomi Hiyama, Eric Huntington, Yoichi Isahaya, Catherine Jami, Bill M. Mak, D. Max Moerman, Adrian C. Pirtea, John Steele, and Dror Weil.

What (Subjects):

Missions -- Cosmology

Missions -- Astronomy

Where (Locations):

Asia -- China

Asia -- Japan

When (Centuries):

16th century

17th century

18th century

Worldcat URL:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1288318175

Publisher URL:

https://brill.com/view/title/61417

Number of Pages:

297

ISBN:

9789004511675

9789004511415

DOI:

10.1163/9789004511675

Comment:

Series: Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes, v. 4