Paulus Kaufmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4588593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paulus Kaufmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paulus |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaufmann |
| SIGNATURE | KAUFMANN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-5091-9499 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Mahabharata in Global Political and Social Thought
The ancient Indian epic, Mahabharata, was first composed in Sanskrit and then rendered into Indian vernaculars and other Asian and European languages. This book demonstrates how the epic has shaped the birth of modern politics and thought across India, Europe, Japan, China, Thailand, Iran, and the Arab world. It draws on methodologies of global intellectual and religious history. The contributing authors are specialists on various world-regions. …
Visuality in Esoteric Buddhism – Awakened with a Single Glance
In the year 806 CE the Japanese monk Kūkai returned from a journey to China and brought a large amount of visual artefacts with him. Commentators have wondered since what role these visual media play in Kūkai’s Buddhist thought. It has been speculated that the art works show that Kūkai values visual media higher when it comes to transmitting the teaching of the Buddha. Proponents of this view usually refer to a single passage from Kūkai’s writing…
Auslegung der Ausdrücke „Stimme“, „Zeichen“, und „wirkliche Merkmale“: Eine Neuübersetzung von Kūkais Abhandlung über die Sprache
The text offers a new German translation of Kūkai’s famous text Shōjijissōgi, An Interpretation of the terms ‘voice’, ‘sign’ and ‘real marks’ . The translators make ample use of earlier translations of the text into English and German, but put more emphasis on the historical context of Kūkai’s early work. The Shōjijissōgi is often praised as an original contribution to the Buddhist discourse about language. Most modern commentators neglect, howev…
Begriff und Bild der modernen japanischen Philosophie: Philosophie Interkulturell
Was ist moderne japanische Philosophie? Der in deutsch-japanischer Zusammenarbeit entstandene Band gibt erstmals einen Einblick in das gesamte Spektrum der modernen japanischen Philosophie. Von der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts an hat sich in Japan eine moderne Philosophie entwickelt, die sich kreativ mit einer Vielzahl von Themenstellungen und Traditionen der Moderne und der Philosophiegeschichte auseinandersetzt. Die verschiedenen philoso…
Human Dignity Violated: A Negative Approach – Introduction
Instrumentalization: What Does It Mean to Use a Person
Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization: Human Dignity Violated
Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization: Human Dignity Violated
Human Dignity Violated: A Negative Approach – Introduction
Instrumentalization: What Does It Mean to Use a Person
Begriff und Bild der modernen japanischen Philosophie: Philosophie Interkulturell
Was ist moderne japanische Philosophie? Der in deutsch-japanischer Zusammenarbeit entstandene Band gibt erstmals einen Einblick in das gesamte Spektrum der modernen japanischen Philosophie. Von der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts an hat sich in Japan eine moderne Philosophie entwickelt, die sich kreativ mit einer Vielzahl von Themenstellungen und Traditionen der Moderne und der Philosophiegeschichte auseinandersetzt. Die verschiedenen philoso…
Auslegung der Ausdrücke „Stimme“, „Zeichen“, und „wirkliche Merkmale“: Eine Neuübersetzung von Kūkais Abhandlung über die Sprache
The text offers a new German translation of Kūkai’s famous text Shōjijissōgi, An Interpretation of the terms ‘voice’, ‘sign’ and ‘real marks’ . The translators make ample use of earlier translations of the text into English and German, but put more emphasis on the historical context of Kūkai’s early work. The Shōjijissōgi is often praised as an original contribution to the Buddhist discourse about language. Most modern commentators neglect, howev…
Visuality in Esoteric Buddhism – Awakened with a Single Glance
In the year 806 CE the Japanese monk Kūkai returned from a journey to China and brought a large amount of visual artefacts with him. Commentators have wondered since what role these visual media play in Kūkai’s Buddhist thought. It has been speculated that the art works show that Kūkai values visual media higher when it comes to transmitting the teaching of the Buddha. Proponents of this view usually refer to a single passage from Kūkai’s writing…
The Mahabharata in Global Political and Social Thought
The ancient Indian epic, Mahabharata, was first composed in Sanskrit and then rendered into Indian vernaculars and other Asian and European languages. This book demonstrates how the epic has shaped the birth of modern politics and thought across India, Europe, Japan, China, Thailand, Iran, and the Arab world. It draws on methodologies of global intellectual and religious history. The contributing authors are specialists on various world-regions. …
Philosophy (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Dignity (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · German Literature and Culture Studies (2 works) · Interpretation (philosophy) (2 works)