INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION (IJAPA)

An Interdisciplinary Review Devoted to Asian Studies

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Volume 14 (2021) / Issue 2

From The Editors

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Articles

• Philosophical Roots of Our Environmental Problems
  

  Md. Abu Sayem

• Preserving Local cultures in the Age of Globalization: The Concept of ‘urf (Local Culture) in Islamic Legal Philosophy
  

  Alparslan Açıkgenç

Discussions

• Oswald Spengler Revisited: A Vision of Global History, Ernest Wolf-Gazo

• Post-Coronavirus World: Could We Expect a Better Domain? Abdullah al-Ahsan

• Said Nursi’s Stance on Materialism, Zubair Hamid

Graduate Student Forum

• The Thought of Confucius and its Parallels with Islamic Ideas
  

  Mariya Golovacheva

Book Reviews

• An Insider's Critique of the Kazakh Nation: Reflections on the Writings of Abai Kunanbai-uhli (1845-1904)
  

  Garifolla Yesim, translated by R. Charles Weller