Oriental Enlightenment

<p>What is the place of Eastern thought - Buddhism Taoism Hinduism Confucianism - in the Western intellectual tradition? <em>Oriental Enlightenment</em> shows how despite current talk of 'globalization' there is still a reluctance to accept that the West could have borrowed anything of significance from the East and explores a critique of the 'orientalist' view that we must regard any study of the East through the lens of Western colonialism and domination.<br><em>Oriental Enlightenment</em> provides a lucid introduction to the fascination Eastern thought has exerted on Western minds since the Renaissance.</p>