Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 32 (2012)

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION by Wakoh Shannon Hickey, vii

ARTICLES

2011 GRADUATE STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION WINNER
Just Peace: A Buddhist-Christian Path to Liberation
Kyeongil Jung, 3

CONSTRUCTING BUDDHIST IDENTITIES IN THE WEST

A “Hypostatic Union” of Two Practices but One Person?
Paul F. Knitter, 19

Fulfilling Mitzvot through the Practice of Lovingkindness and Wisdom
David J. Gilner, 27

Who Is a Buddhist?
James William Coleman, 33

“Yes, We’re Buddhists Too!”
Jan Willis, 39
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Pacific Science, vol. 66, no. 4 (2012)

Pacific Science 66-4 coverIntroducing a New Series: History, Biology, and Conservation of Pacific Endemics
Edward Webb and Curtis C. Daehler, 411

History, Biology, and Conservation of Pacific Endemics. 1. The Royal Creeper, Oxera pulchella (Lamiaceae), a New Caledonian Ornamental Plant
Gildas Gâteblé, 413–433

A thorough review of Oxera pulchella Labill., also called the “royal creeper,” was carried out to better understand the amazing story of this almost forgotten New Caledonian ornamental species. Continue reading “Pacific Science, vol. 66, no. 4 (2012)”

China Review International, vol. 18, no. 2 (2011)

FEATURES

Good for Nothing? Jan De Meyer’s Translation of the Tang Text Wunengzi (reviewing Jan De Meyer, Wunengzi Nietskunner: Het taoïsme en de bevrijding van de geest (Wunengzi good for nothing: Taoism and the liberation of the mind))
Reviewed by Carine Defoort, 121

Finding Distinctive Chinese Characteristics in Qing Era Popular Protests (reviewing Ho-fung Hung, Protest with Chinese Characterististics: Demonstrations, Riots, and Petitions in Mid-Qing Dynasty)
Reviewed by David D. Buck, 128

Struggle for Democracy: Hong Kong Is Increasingly Mainland-ized (Dalu-hua 大陆化): Taiwan on the Road Toward Hongkong-ization (Xianggang-hua/香港化) (reviewing Sonny Shiu-hing Lo, Competing Chinese Political Visions: Hong Kong versus Beijing on Democracy)
Reviewed by Jung-fang Tsai, 132

Another Installment of a Crucial Translation (reviewing Ssu-ma Ch’ien; William H. Nienhauser Jr., editor; J. Michael Farmer, Enno Giele, Christiane Haupt, Li He, Elisabeth Hsu, William H. Nienhauser Jr., Marc Nürnberger, and Ying Qin, translators, The Grand Scribe’s Records: Volume 9: The Memoirs of Han China, pt. 2.)
Reviewed by Grant Hardy, 159
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Pacific Science, vol. 66, no. 3 (2012)

Pacific Science, vol. 66, issue 3 cover

Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 8. Eleutherodactylus planirostris, the Greenhouse Frog (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae)
Christina A. Olson, Karen H. Beard, and William C. Pitt, 255–270

The greenhouse frog, Eleutherodactylus planirostris, is a direct-developing (i.e., no aquatic stage) frog native to Cuba and the Bahamas. Continue reading “Pacific Science, vol. 66, no. 3 (2012)”

China Review International, vol. 18, no. 1 (2011)

FEATURES

Why Form Matters: A Systematic 21st Century Shihua on the Song Dynasty Poet He Zhu (reviewing Stuart H. Sargent, The Poetry of He Zhu (1052–1125): Genres, Contexts, and Creativity)
Reviewed by Michael A. Fuller, 1

Soft Power and the Rise of China: An Assessment (reviewing Sheng Ding, The Dragon’s Hidden Wings: How China Rises with Its Soft Power)
Reviewed by Eric Hyer, 6

Criminal Justice in China: The Place of Incarceration (reviewing Klaus Mülhahn, Criminal Justice in China: A History)
Reviewed by Thomas Buoye, 14
Continue reading “China Review International, vol. 18, no. 1 (2011)”

Journal of World History, vol. 23, no. 2 (2012)

ARTICLES

Chordophone Culture in Two Early Modern Societies: A Pipa-Vihuela Duet
James A. Millward, 237

To make the case for more attention by world historians to music as a universal human phenomenon, this article compares the socioeconomic niches, cultural associations, and technical and technological development of plucked stringed instruments in sixteenth-century Spain and Ming China. An examination of the interrelationship of vihuela, lute, and guitarra, on the one hand, with the guqin and pipa, on the other, reveals similar patterns of gender, class, and ethno-national meaning becoming attached to these instruments. In particular, both vihuela and pipa changed morphologically, and playing style grew more virtuostic in tandem with the instruments’ rising popularity among urban classes in Spain and China. Moreover, the vihuela and likely the pipa as well were made from more exotic materials as their respective homelands became more engaged in global trade.
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China Review International, vol. 17, no. 4 (2010)

FEATURES

Imperial Power, Legal Cosmology, and Beyond (reviewing Jiang Yonglin, The Mandate of Heaven and the Great Ming Code)
Reviewed by Pär Cassel, 393

Tang Ministers through a Qing Mirror (reviewing Anne Burkus-Chasson, Through a Forest of Chancellors: Fugitive Histories in Liu Yuan’s Lingyan ge, an Illustrated Book from Seventeenth-Century Suzhou)
Reviewed by Tamara H. Bentley, 396

A Song Dynasty “Naturalist” Explores China’s Southwestern “Contact Zone” (reviewing James M. Hargett, translator, Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea)
Reviewed by Benjamin B. Ridgway, 400
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Philosophy East and West, vol. 62, no. 3 (2012)

ARTICLES

Nishida Kitarō, G.W.F. Hegel, and the Pursuit of the Concrete: A Dialectic of Dialectics
Lucy Schultz, 319

A comparison of the dialectical worldviews of Nishida and Hegel is made by developing the notion of dialectical ontology as concrete philosophy in which logic is understood to extend beyond the level of discourse to the point where knowledge and experience cease to be opposed. The differences between their dialectical methods are outlined, highlighting Hegel’s emphasis on the actualization of self-consciousness and historical progress in contrast to Nishida’s concepts of the dialectal universal “place,” the external now, and the self as expressive monad. It is argued that neither thinker is able to fulfill his own demand for a maximally concrete philosophy. However, by performing a dialectic of their dialectics, the pursuit of concrete philosophy is furthered. Takahashi Satomi’s notion of “inclusive dialectics” is introduced to aid in articulating the comparative standpoint through which such a dialectic may be conceived.

Continue reading “Philosophy East and West, vol. 62, no. 3 (2012)”

The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 24, no. 2 (2012)

The Contemporary Pacific 24:1 Cover
The Pacific Islands, v

About the Artist: Ani O’Neill, vii

ARTICLES

Pills, Potions, Products: Kava’s Transformations in New and Nontraditional Contexts
Jonathan D Baker, 233

Abstract: This article focuses on kava (Piper methysticum G. Forst, Piperaceae) in its various forms: plant, beverage, medicine, and dietary supplement. Continue reading “The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 24, no. 2 (2012)”

Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 29, no. 1 (2012)

Dancer of the Tongque Stage (Tongque ji) in a 2009 restaging of Sun Yin's choreography in Zhongguo gudianwu style. (Photo: Liu Caiyun, courtesy of the Beijing Dance Academy Han-Tang Program)
Dancer of the Tongque Stage (Tongque ji) in Zhongguo gudianwu style. (Photo: Liu Caiyun, courtesy of Beijing Dance Academy)

From the Editor, v

GENDER AND WOMEN
IN ASIAN THEATRE

Female Roles and Engagement of Women in the Classical Sanskrit Theatre Kūṭiyāṭṭam: A Contemporary Theatre Tradition
Coralie Casassas, 1
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