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SERIES I: CULTURE AND VALUES -- Studies on the role of scholarship, the nature of values, pluralism and relations between cultures, urbanization, ethics, and civil society

SERIES II: AFRICA AND ISLAM -- AFRICA: A philosophical articulation of the distinctive identities of the African peoples and their efforts to cope with contemporary transformations; volumes from Ghana, Uganda, Zaire, etc. ISLAM: The meaning of fidelity to a religious tradition for life in our day. Egyptian volumes by the Chief Justice of the Supreme court, the theology department of the Al-Azhar, the philosophy department of Cairo University and the Sufi orders. Analogous volumes from other centers.

SERIES III: ASIA -- Colloquia with the University of Peking and Fudan University as well as the Academies of Science on nature, man and society, tradition and modernization.

SERIES IV: WESTERN EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE, AND NORTH AMERICA -- Featuring a 15 volume set by the Academies of Science and Universities of Central and Eastern Europe reflecting the struggle of peoples to rediscover their identities after a depersonalizing universalist ideology and to rebuild democratic structures.

SERIES V: LATIN AMERICA -- Background of social problems and foundations for the realization of human rights, social critique and reconstruction in Central and South America.

SERIES VI: FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL EDUCATION -- Studies by teams of philosophers, psychologists and professors of education on the bases for moral growth and implications for the role of the school in society; Related volumes from Latin America and Taiwan.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR METAPHYSICS -- The volumes progress from the relation of the person to nature, society and God; to society and its characteristics of unity, justice and progress; to culture and its morality and symbols.

SERIES I

CULTURE AND VALUES
Studies on the role of scholarship, the nature of values, pluralism and relations between cultures, urbanization, ethics, and civil society.

I.1 George F. McLean, RESEARCH ON CULTURE AND VALUES: INTERSECTION OF UNIVERSITIES< CHURCHES< AND NATIONS. The role of scholars in society. Interdisciplinary research as civic discourse: its participants, structures, present agendas and implementation. preface, index, 196 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-7352-5; paper ISBN 0-8191-7353-3; 1989.

I.2 Alfonso López Quintás, THE KNOWLEDGE OF VALUES: A METHODOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. Are values perceived or created? The distinctive nature and corresponding epistemology of aesthetic openness to human creativity and to the value dimension of life. preface, introduction, index, 116 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-7418-1; paper ISBN 0-8191-7419-x; 1989.

I.3 READING PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, George F. McLean, ed. Philosophy as the basis for constructing the future. The hermeneutics of a creative and future oriented reading of classical and modern philosophical texts. Contributors include Richard Bernstein, John Urmson, Joseph Kockelmans, Richard T. DeGeorge, and others. Introduction, index., 336 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-7414-9; paper ISBN 0-8191-7415-7; 1989.

I.4 RELATIONS BETWEEN CULTURES, John Kromkowski and George F. McLean, eds. Can different peoples live together peacefully? Issues regarding cultural pluralism within a country: (1) cultural identity and the development of ethnic consciousness; (2) modernization and cultural conflict; and (3) the means and prospects for the development of unity and cooperation between cultures and within a pluralistic society. Preface, introduction, prologue, index, epilogue, bibliography, appendix, 396 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-009-7; paper ISBN 1-56518-008-9; 1991.

I.5 URBANIZATION AND VALUES, John Kromkowski and George F. McLean, eds. Does the city destroy values; can values transform cities? The history and theory of the development of cities in ancient and modern times: the context of philosophical and economic change, and the impact of urbanization upon values in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America. Preface, introduction, prologue, epilogue, 380 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-011-9; paper ISBN 1-56518-010-0; 1991.

I.6 THE PLACE OF THE PERSON IN SOCIAL LIFE, Paul Peachey, John Kromkowski and George F. McLean, eds. The new sense of personal dignity and social transformation. The notion of person through history with attention to the related political and anthropological issues; special attention on African, Chinese, and Islamic cultures; the nature of social life and influence upon this of religion, tradition and education in the realization of the person within society. Preface, introduction, index, bibliography., 398 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-013-5; paper ISBN 1-56518-012-7; 1991.

I.7 ABRAHAMIC FAITHS, ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS, Paul Peachey, George F. McLean and John Kromkowski, eds. This study of religions is concerned with the tension which can be generated from these sources and the resources which religions bring to their resolution. Especially it looks to the common Abrahamic roots of the three "religions of the book": Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Throughout it looks for the complex dialects of unity in diversity, and diversity in unity. Preface, introduction. index. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-103-4; paper ISBN 1-56518-104-2; 1997.

I.8 ANCIENT WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: THE HELLENIC EMERGENCE, George F. McLean and Patrick J. Aspell. This history of ancient philosophy in the West covers Greek and Roman philosophy up to the 3rd century A.D. It focuses on pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato Aristotle and neo-Platonism, as well as the Stoics, Epicureans and Skeptics. It analyzes the problem the major philosophical groups faced, the intellectual resources which they had available, and the insights they developed. Preface, introduction, index, tables, 360pp. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-099-2; paper ISBN 1-56518-100-X; 1997.

I.9 MEDIEVAL WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: THE EUROPEAN EMERGENCE, Patrick J. Aspell. This history of medieval philosophy in Europe begins with a section on Augustine and proceeds through a number of minor currents important for the gradual emergence of philosophy from the dark age. It focuses on Bonaventure Aquinas, and treats the following critical period. Preface, introduction, index, tables. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-093-3; paper ISBN 1-56518-094-1; 1997.

I.10 ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UNITY AND THE DIVINE IN NICKOLAS OF CUSA, David J. Deleonardis. Introduction, index. Paper ISBN 1-56518-112-3; 1998.

I.11 ETHICS AT THE CROSSROADS, VOL. 1: NORMATIVE ETHICS AND OBJECTIVE REASON, Richard Wolak and George F. McLean. Are there moral norms? The studies proceed from the ethical factors of compromise, utility and development to the ontological character of the person and its implications for natural law and normative reasoning. Preface, introduction, index, 374 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-023-2; paper ISBN 1-56518-022-4; 1995.

I.12 ETHICS AT THE CROSSROADS, VOL. 2: PERSONALIST ETHICS AND HUMAN SUBJECTIVITY, Richard Wolak and George F. McLean. The creative character of living morally. The impact of the developing appreciation of human subjectivity for ethics; religious foundations for ethics; Christian values and contemporary ethics.. Preface, introduction, index, 433 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-025-9; paper ISBN 1-56518-024-0; 1992.

I.13 Robert Badillo, THE EMANCIPATIVE THEORY OF JÜRGEN HABERMAS AND METAPHYSICS. Social interchange and progress in metaphysics. Communicative action and its role in the dynamics of social analysis and development; a methodology for a contemporary Christian metaphysics; with mutual implications with communication theory. Preface, introduction, index, bibliography, 222 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-043-7; paper ISBN 1-56518-042-9; 1991.

I.14 Edward Cook, THE DEFICIENT CAUSE OF MORAL EVIL ACCORDING TO THOMAS AQUINAS. A philosophical analysis of the classical structure of Aquinas' scholastic argumentation on the issue of the deficient cause of moral evil as a privation, treating issues of being, good, evil, freedom and human causality. Preface, introduction, index, bibliography, 200 pp. Cloth ISBN 56518-069-0; paper ISBN 1-56518-070-4; 1995.

I.16 CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION. George F. McLean, ed. A set of interdisciplinary and cross cultural studies by university professors on the notion of civil society as it is unfolding in our days. This focuses on philosophy but extend to law, literature, politics, etc., as well as reflects works by thinkers from Islamic, Asian, Latin American and Western Scholars. Preface, introduction, index, bibliography, 407 pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-086-0; 1997.

I.17 George F. McLean, WAYS TO GOD: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL AT THE TURN OF MILLENNIA . Introduction, index, bibliography, 416pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-123-9; 1999.

I.18 John R. Goodreau, THE ROLE OF THE SUBLIME IN KANT'S MORAL METAPHYSICS. Forword, preface, introduction, index, 217pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-124-7; 1998.

1.19 Philosophhical Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization, Obliva Blanchette, Tomonobu Imamichi and George F. McLean. Introduction, index, 490pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-1298.

I.20 George F. McLean, Faith, Reason and Philosophy: Lectures at The al-Azhar, Qum, Tehran, Lahore and Beijing; Appendix: The Encyclical Letter: Fides et Ratio, Introduction, index, 260pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-1301.

I.21 George F. McLean, Religion and the Relation between Civilizations: Lectures on Cooperation between Islamic and Christian Cultures in a Global Horizon. Introduction, index, 198pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-152-2.

I.22 George F. McLean, Freedom, Cultural Traditions and Progress: Philosophy in Civil Society and Nation Building:Tashkent Lectures, 1999. Introduction, index, 184pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-151-4.

I.23 Jerzy A. Wojciechowski, Ecology of Knowledge. Introduction, appendix, index, 163pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-158-1.

I..24 John L. Yardan, God and the Challenge of Evil: A Critical Examination of Some Serious Objections to the Good and Omnipotent God. Introduction, reference, index, 223pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-160-3.

I.25 Tran Van Doan, Reason, Rationality and Reasonableness, Vietnamese Philosophical Studies, I. Introduction, bibliography, 285pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-166-2.

I.26 Thomas Bridges, The Culture of Citizenship: Inventing Postmodern Civic Culture. Preface, introduction, index, 245pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-168-9.

I.27 Osman Bilen, The Historicity of Understanding and the Problem of Relativism in Gadamer’s Philosophical Hermeneutics. Introduction, biliography, notes, index, 211pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-167-0.

I.28 Carlo Huber, Speaking of God. Introduction, index, 109pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-169-7.

SERIES II

AFRICA
A philosophical articulation of the distinctive identities of the African peoples and their efforts to cope with contemporary transformations; volumes from Ghana, Uganda, Zaire, etc.
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II.1 PERSON AND COMMUNITY: GHANAIAN PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, I, Kwasi Wiredu and Kwame Gyekye, eds. Research by William Abraham, N.K. Dzobo, K. Gyekye and K. Wiredu on: the theory and epistemology of African identity, the image of man and community in Ghanaian cultures, and traditional value horizons and contemporary development. Introduction, 183 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-005-4; paper ISBN 1-56518-004-6; 1992.

II.2 THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL LIFE: UGANDAN PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES: I, A.T. Dalfovo, ed. Research on the logical and epistemological factors in the Ugandan heritage for continuity and transformation; their impact on the metaphysical sense of the person and the processes of village and urban life. Studies at Makere University. Introduction, 142 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-007-0; paper ISBN 1-56518-006-2. 1992.

II.3 IDENTITY AND CHANGE IN NIGERIA: NIGERIAN PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES I, Theophilus Okere, ed. Continuity in a changing African culture; the phenomenon of the city in Africa; anthropology of name and self; values in flux and the moral dimension. Introduction. 222 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-067-4; paper ISBN 1-56518-068-2. 1995.

II.4 SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN AFRICA: UGANDAN PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES II, E. Wamala, A.R. Byaruhanga, A.T. Dalfovo J.K. Kigongo, S.A. Mwanahewa and G. Tusabe. Preface, introduction index, 145pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-118-2. 1995.

II.5 Ghana: Changing Values/Chaning Technologies: Ghanaian Philosophical Studies, II; Helen Lauer. Preface, introduction, index, 332pp . Paper ISBN 1-56518-144.

II.6 Sameness and Difference: Problems and Potentials in South African Civil Society: South African Philosophical Studies, I; James R. Cochrane and Bastienne Klein. Foreword, introduction, index , 330pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-155-7.

II.7 Protest and Engagement: Philosophy after Apartheid at an Historically Black South African University, South African Philosophical Studies, II; Patrick Giddy. Introduction, index, 165pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-163-8.

SERIES IIA

ISLAM
The meaning of fidelity to a religious tradition for life in our day. Egyptian volumes by the Chief Justice of the Supreme court, the theology department of the Al-Azhar, the philosophy department of Cairo University and the Sufi orders. Analogous volumes from other centers.
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IIA.1 Muhammad Saïd al-Ashmawy, ISLAM AND THE POLITICAL ORDER. A study by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Egypt on the relation of the sovereignty of God to islamic government. It treats Islamic fundamentalism and panislamism, and seeks the true nature of "jihad" and "sharia." Preface, introduction, 120 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-046-1; paper ISBN 1-56518-047-x; 1993.

IIA.2 AL-GHAZALI DELIVERANCE FROM ERROR AND MYSTICAL UNION WITH THE ALMIGHTY AL-MUNQIDH MIN AL-DALAL, Arabic text established and English translation with introduction by Muhammad Abulaylah, Introduction and notes: George F. McLean. ISBN 1-56518-081-X (Arabic-English edition); ISBN 1-56518-092-8 (English edition) 1999. NEW!

IIA.3 PHILOSOPHY IN PAKISTAN, Naeem Ahmadj, ed. Preface, introduction, index, Paper ISBN 1-56518-108-5; 1998.

IIA.4 THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TEXT IN HERMENEUTICS, Seyed Musa Dibadj. Preface, introduction, index, Paper ISBN 1-56518-117-4; 1998.

IIA.5 INTERPRETATION AND THE PROBLEM OF THE INTENTIN OF THE AUTHOR: H.-G. GADAMER VS E.D. HIRSCH, Burhanettin Tatar. Preface, foreword, introduction, index, Paper ISBN 1-56518-121-2; 1998.

IIA.6 WAYS TO GOD: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL AT THE TURN OF MILLENNIA . George F. McLean. Introduction, index, bibliography, 416pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-123-9; 1999. NEW!

IIA.7 George F. McLean, Faith, Reason and Philosophy: Lectures at The al-Azhar, Qum, Tehran, Lahore and Beijing; Appendix: The Encyclical Letter: Fides et Ratio, Introduction, index, 260pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-1301.

IIA.8 Islamic and Christian Cultures: Conflict or Dialogue:Bulgarian Philosophical Studies, III; Plament Makariev. Preface, introduction, index, 250pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-162-X.

IIA.10 CHRISTIAN - ISLAMIC PREAMBLES OF FAITH . Joseph Kenny. Preface, introduction, index, bibliography, 198pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-138-7; 1999. NEW!
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IIA.11 Osman Bilen, The Historicity of Understanding and the Problem of Relativism in Gadamer’s Philosophical Hermeneutics. Introduction, biliography, notes, index, 211pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-167-0.

IIA.12 George F. McLean, Religion and the Relation between Civilizations: Lectures on Cooperation between Islamic and Christian Cultures in a Global Horizon. Introduction, index, 198pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-152-2.

IIA.13 Mahmut Aydin, Modern Western Christian theological understandings of Muslims since the Second Vatican Council. Preface, introduction, bibliography, appendix, index, Paper ISBN 1-56518-171-9.

SERIES III

ASIA
Colloquia with the University of Peking and Fudan University as well as the Academies of Science on nature, man and society, tradition and modernization.

,III.1 MAN AND NATURE Tang Yi-jie, Li Zhen, and George F. McLean, eds. Classical, Western and Marxists components of the Chinese search for social identity; with hermeneutic considerations for their creative interrelations and for Eastern and Western approaches to the developing appreciation of the dignity of the person. To be followed by a volume on society. Contributors: philosophy faculty of Peking University with Kenneth Schmitz, Richard T. DeGeorge, Tomonobu Imamichi and others. Preface, introduction, 236 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-7412-2; paper ISBN 0-8191-7413-0; 1989.

III.2 CHINESE FOUNDATIONS FOR MORAL EDUCATION AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, Tran van Doan, Vincent Shen, and George F. McLean, eds. The resources of Chinese cultural heritage for the moral education of youth, with special attention to the Confucian horizon. The development of the sense of the person and ethics in modern thought, and the separation of moral development from ideology. Preface, introduction, index, vocabulary, appendix, 200 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-033-x; paper ISBN 1-56518-032-1; 1991.

III.3 Tang Yi-jie, CONFUCIANISM, BUDDHISM, DAOISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND CHINESE CULTURE. Confucianism and Daoism absorbing and mutually transforming new horizons, especially Buddhism; attention to the writings of Matteo Ricci and potential Christian contributions to modern development in Chinese culture. Preface, introduction, index, appendix, vocabulary, 186 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-035-6; paper ISBN 1-56518-034-8; 1991.

III.4 MORALITY, METAPHYSICS and CHINESE CULTURE, Vincent Shen and Tran Van Doan, eds. The metaphysical underpinnings of the moral dimension of culture, with a focus on the Chinese tradition. Preface, introduction, index, appendix, 169 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-026-7; paper ISBN 1-56518-027-5; 1992.

III.5 McLean, George F., TRADITION, HARMONY AND TRANSCENDENCE, The nature of a cultural heritage and the new sense of person. The relation of freedom in Kant and Confucius to transcendence. The issues of evil and love. Preface, introduction, index, appendix, 160 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-030-5; paper ISBN 1-56518-031-3; 1994.

III.6 PSYCHOLOGY, PHENOMENOLOGY and CHINESE PHILOSOPHY, Vincent Shen, Richard Knowles and Tran Van Doan, eds. The humanization of psychology through the impact of phenomenology; related elements in the Chinese tradition. Preface, introduction, index, appendix, 260 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-044-5; paper ISBN 1-56518-045-3; 1994.

III.7 VALUES IN PHILIPPINE CULTURE AND EDUCATION, PHILIPPINE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES I; Manuel B. Dy, Jr., ed. The pattern of Philippine values; their ambiguity, the context for positive results and for education. Preface, introduction, index, charts, 205 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-040-2; paper ISBN 1-56518-041-2; 1994.

III.7A THE HUMAN PERSON AND SOCIETY: CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, Zhu Dasheng, Jin Xiping and George F. McLean, eds. This joint colloquium with the Philosophy Department of Peking University and the RVP first surveys the social problems of our day, second treats the approach of the human sciences to the study of society and family treats issues of social harmony. Introduction, index. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-087-9; paper ISBN 1-56518-088-7; 1997.

III.8 THE FILIPINO MIND, PHILIPPINE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES II Leonardo N. Mercado. The manifestations of the values of the people in language, actions and customs. Foreword, preface, index, tables, 225 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-063-1; paper ISBN 1-56518-064-X; 1994.

III.9 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION: CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Vincent Shen and Tran Van Doan, eds. Science and human subjectivity in the Chinese tradition. Constructivism and science education. Metaphysics and science. Preface, index, 142 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-075-5; paper ISBN 1-56518-076-3; 1995.

III.10 CHINESE CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND MODERNIZATION: CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, Wang Miaoyang, Yu Xuanmeng and George F. McLean, eds. This study of the relation of Chinese cultural traditions to modernization is the result of a joint colloquium of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and the RVP. It first studies the nature of tradition and the problem of modernization in China. Then it looks into the resources of Confucius and Lao Tze in the Chinese tradition with special attention to the quality of life. Introduction, index. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-067-4; paper ISBN 1-56518-068-2; 1997.

III.11 THE HUMANIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND CHINESE CULTURE, CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, Tomonobu Imamichi, Wang Miaoyang and Liu Fangtong, eds. Introduction., index . Paper ISBN 1-56518-116-6, 1998.

III.12 BEYOND MODERNIZATION: CHINESE ROOTS FOR GLOBAL AWARENESS, CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, Wang Miaoyang, Yu Xuanmeng and George F. McLean, eds. This studies present Chinese efforts to get beyond the contrast between tradition and modernization by looking to the new sense of a global culture whose issues of metaphysics and affectivity as more hospitable to Chinese culture. This is the result of a joint colloquium of SASS and the RVP. Introduction, index. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-089-5; paper ISBN 1-56518-090-9; 1997.

III.13 PHILOSOPHY AND MODERNIZATION IN CHINA: CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, Liu Fangtong, Huang Songjie and George F. McLean, eds. This study of modernization in the Chinese context is the result of a join colloquium of the Philosophy Department of Fudan University and the RVP. It contrasts modernization in the West and in China with special attention to the modern focus on objectivity and the more recent attention to the human person and to human subjectivity. Introduction, index. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-065-8; paper ISBN 1-56518-066-6; 1997.

III.14 ECONOMIC ETHICS AND CHINESE CULTURE: CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, Yu Xuanmeng, Lu Xiaohe, Liu Fangtong, Zhang Rulun and Georges Enderle, eds. This philosophical study of economic ethics and Chinese culture reflects a joint colloquium of the Philosophy Department of Fudan University and SASS with the RVP. It studies the resources of Confucianism, Marxism and pragmatism for providing a philosophical basis for an ethics of economic life. Introduction, index. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-091-7; paper ISBN 1-56518-092-5; 1997.

III.15 CIVIL SOCIETY IN A CHINESE CONTEXT: CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, Wang Miaoyang, Yu Xuanmeng and Manuel B. Dy, eds. This joint study by SASS and the RVP relates civil society to the culture of the people, looks for its philosophical principles and addresses its structure in a changing world. Introduction, index. Library edition ISBN 1-56518-083-6; paper ISBN 1-56518-084-4; 1997.

III.16 THE BASES OF VALUES IN A TIME OF CHANGE: CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Kirti Bunchua, Liu Fangtong, Yu Xuanmeng and Yu Wujn, eds. Preface, introduction, index. 359pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-114-x; 1999.

III.17 Tran Van Doan, The Poverty of Ideological Education: Chinese Philosophical Studies, XVII. Introduction, index, Paper ISBN 1-56518-164-6.

IIIB.1 AUTHENTIC HUMAN DESTICY: THE PATHS OF SHANKARA AND HEIDEGGER Vensus A. George. Foreword, preface, introduction, abbrevations, index. Paper ISBN 1-56518-119-0; 1998.

IIIB.2 Vensus A. George, The Experience of Being as Goal of Human Existence: The Heideggerian Approach: Indian Philosophical Studies, II. Paper ISBN 1-56518-145-X.

IIIB.3 Kuruvilla Pandikattu, Religious Dialogue as Hermeneutics: Bede Griffiths’s Advaitic Approach Indian Philosophical Studies, III. Paper ISBN 1-56518-1395..

IIIB.4 Vensus A. George, Self-Realization [Brahmaanubhava]: The Advaitic Perspective of Shankara: Indian Philosophical Studies, IV. Paper ISBN 1-56518-154-9.

IIIB.5 Gandhi: The Meaning of Mahatma for the Millennium,Indian Philosophical Studies, V; Kuruvilla Pandikattu. Paper ISBN 1-56518-156-5.

IIIB.6 Civil Society in Indian Cultures, Indian Philosophical Studies, VI. Asha Mukherjee, Sabujkali Sen (Mitra) and K. Bagchi. Paper ISBN 1-56518-157-3.

IIIC.1 Spiritual Values and Social Progress, Uzbekistan Philosophical Studies, I; Said Shermukhamedov and Victoriya Levinskaya. Paper ISBN 1-56518-143-3.

IIID.1 Tran Van Doan, Reason, Rationality and Reasonableness, Vietnamese Philosophical Studies, I. Introduction, bibliography, 285pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-166-2.

SERIES IV

WESTERN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

IV.1 ITALY IN TRANSITION: THE LONG ROAD FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND REPUBLIC, The 1997 Edmund D. Pellegrino Lectures on Contemporary Italian Politics; Paolo Janni, ed. Forward, introduction, index. Paper ISBN 1-56518-120-4, 1998.

IV.2 ITALY IN THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION, The 1998 Edmund D. Pellegrino Lectures on Contemporary Italian Politics; Paolo Janni, ed. Forward, introduction, index. Paper ISBN 1-56518-118-2, 1999.

IV.3 Italy at the Millennium: Economy, Politics, Literature and Journalism: The 1997 Edmund D. Pellegrino Lecture on Contemporary Italian Politics; Paolo Janni. Paper ISBN 1-56518-158-1.

IV.4 Carlo Huber, Speaking of God. Introduction, index, 109pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-169-7.

SERIES IVA

EASTERN EUROPE
A 15 volume set by the Academies of Science and Universities of Central and Eastern Europe reflecting the struggle of peoples to rediscover their identities after a depersonalizing universalist ideology and to rebuild democratic structures.

IVA.1 THE PHILOSOPHY OF PERSON: SOLIDARITY AND CULTURAL CREATIVITY: POLISH PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, I, A. Tischner and J.M. Zycinski, eds. The philosophical foundations of Solidarity which transformed Eastern Europe: the emerging sense of person and its relation to metaphysics and science, to ethical values and cultural creativity. Preface, introduction, index, 172 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-048-8; paper ISBN 1-56518-049-6; 1994.

IVA.2 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOCIAL INVENTIONS IN MODERN SOCIETIES: POLISH PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES I, Leon Dyczewski, Paul Peachey and John Kromkowski, eds. Ways of mediating the diverse emphases, public and the private, in: family and neighborhood, education and religion, economics and politics. Preface, introduction, index, 240 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-050-x; paper ISBN 1-56518-051-8; 1994.

IVA.3 TRADITIONS AND PRESENT PROBLEMS OF CZECH POLITICAL CULTURE: CZECH PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES I, Michael Vejrazka and Miloslav Bednar, eds. Past experiences of unfreedom and the new freedom; national character and democracy; self-identification in Czech Artistic culture. Introduction, index, 198 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-056-9; paper ISBN 1-56518-057-7; 1994.

IVA.4 CZECH PHILOSOPHY IN THE Xxth CENTURY: CZECH PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, II, Lubomìr Novy and Jiri Gabriel, eds. The development of philosophy, against the backdrop of scholasticism, during this century, with special attention to the transformation of positivism in the Czech contest and the contribution to the development of phenomenology. Preface introduction, index, 234 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-028-3; paper 1-56518-029-1; 1994.

IVA.5 LANGUAGE, VALUES AND THE SLOVAK NATION: SLOVAK PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, I, Tibor Pichler and Jana Gasparikova, eds. A study of the development of the Slovak sense of nation with special attention to the role of language; and its role in the founding of the Czechoslovak state and current transformations. Preface, introduction, 232 pp. Cloth 1-56518-036-4; paper 1-56518-037-2; 1994.

IVA.6 MORALITY AND PUBLIC LIFE IN A TIME OF CHANGE: BULGARIAN PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, I, Vasil Prodanov and Assen Davidov, eds. Moral values in the field of social relations. Moral education, moral culture and moral action in the transformation of society. Preface, index, 138 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-054-2 ; paper ISBN 1-56518-055-0; 1994.

IVA.7 NATIONAL IDENTITY AS AN ISSUE OF KNOWLEDGE AND MORALITY: GEORGIAN PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES I, Ghia Nodia and Paul Peachey, eds. The nature of national identity and its role in a democracy; the liberal critique and the critique of liberalism; the character of the Georgian national identity and its neo-Platonic roots. Preface, index. 334 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-052-6 ; paper ISBN 1-56518-053-4; 1994.

IVA.8 PERSONAL FREEDOM AND NATIONAL RESURGENCE, Bronius Kuzmickas and Aleksandr Dobrynin, eds. Impact of past history, medieval and modern. The emergence of new dimensions of freedom and creativity. Preface, index, 172 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-038-0; paper ISBN 1-56518-039-9; 1994.

IVA.9 NATIONAL, CULTURAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES: HARMONY BEYOND CONFLICT, Jaroslav Hroch, David Hollan and George F. McLean, eds. Introduction, index, 331pp. paper ISBN 1-56518-113-1; 1998.

IVA.10 MODELS OF IDENTITIES IN POSTCOMMUNIST SOCIETIES YUGOSLAV PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, I, Zagorka Goluboviƒ and George F. McLean, eds. Introduction, index, 308pp. paper ISBN 1-56518-127-1; 1999. NEW!

IVA.11 INTERESTS AND VALUES: THE SPIRIT OF VENTURE IN A TIME OF CHANGE: SLOVAK PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, II , Tibor Pichler, Jana Gasparikova, eds. Introduction, index, 155pp. paper ISBN 1-56518-125-5; 1999. NEW!

IVA.12 CREATING DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES - VALUES AND NORMS: BULGARIAN PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, II, Plamen makariev, Andrew M. Blasko and Asen Davidov, eds. Introduction, foreword, index, 262pp. paper ISBN 1-56518-131-x; 1999. NEW!

IVA.14 Values and Education in Romania Today; Romanian Philosophical Studies, I; Marin Calin and Magdalena Dumitrana. Paper ISBN 1-56518-134-4.

IVA.15 Victor Neumann, Between Words and Reality, Studies on the Politics of Recognition and the Changes of Regime in Contemporary Romania. Paper ISBN 1-56518-161-1.

IVA.16 Culture and Freedom; Romanian Philosophical Studies, III, Marin Aiftinca. Paper ISBN 1-56518-136-0.

IVA.17 Lithuanian Philosophy: Persons and Ideas; Lithuanian Philosophical Studies, II; Jurate Baranova. Paper ISBN 1-56518-137-9.

IVA.18 HUMAN DIGNITY - VALUES AND JUSTICE: CZECH PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, III , Miloslav Bednár, eds. Preface, introduction, index, 250pp. paper ISBN 1-56518-124-7; 1999. NEW!

IVA.19 VALUES IN THE POLISH CULTURAL TRADITION, POLISH PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES, III. Lean Dyczewski, ed. Foreword, preface, introduction, index, 316pp. Paper ISBN 156518-142-5; 2002.NEW!

IVA. 21 Islamic and Christian Cultures: Conflict or Dialogue:Bulgarian Philosophical Studies, III; Plament Makariev. Preface, introduction, index, 250pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-162-X.

IVA.22 Moral, Legal and Political Values in Romanian CulturE, Romanian Philosophical Studies, IV; Mihaela Czobor-Lupp and J. Stefan Lupp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-170-0.

SERIES V

LATIN AMERICA
Background of social problems and foundations for the realization of human rights, social critique and reconstruction in Central and South America
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V.1 THE SOCIAL CONTEXT AND VALUES, Olinto Pegoraro and George F. McLean, eds. The role of society in the shaping of values, with contributions from sociological and psychological critical theory and studies of technological, religious and aesthetic dimensions of life by Latin American scholars. Introduction, index, 215 pp. Cloth 0-8191-7354-1; paper ISBN 0-8191-7355-x; 1989.

V.2 CULTURE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA, Raul Molina, Timothy Ready, and George F. McLean, eds. The historical, anthropological, literary, economic and religious dimensions of Central American tensions and reconstruction. Introduction, index, 220 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-7356-8; paper ISBN 0-8191-7357-6; 1989.

V.3 EL CRISTIANISMO AYMARA: INCULTURACION O CULTURIZACION? Jolicoeur, Luis. In Spanish. Library ISBN 1-56518-103-4; paper 1-56518-104-2.

V.4 LOVE AS THE FOUNDATION OF MORAL EDUCATION AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, Luis Ugalde, Nicolas Barros and George F. McLean, eds. A philosophical study of the issue of values and education. It pays special attention to the role of love in the formation and direction of human action. Its special context is Latin America, particularly Venezuela, but the issue is central for all people. Introduction, index. Paper ISBN 1-56518-080-1; 1998.

V.5 HUMAN RIGHTS, SOLIDARITY, AND SUBSIDIARITY: ESSAYS TOWARDS A SOCIAL ONTOLOGY. Maldonado, Carlos E. A philospohical study of the basic principles for civil society. The approach is phenomenological, the goal i to build civil society upon a construction to social ontology. Introduction, index. Library ISBN 1-56518-109-3; paper 1-56518-110-7.

SERIES VI

FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL EDUCATION
Studies by teams of philosophers, psychologists and professors of education on the bases for moral growth and implications for the role of the school in society; Related volumes from Latin America and Taiwan.
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VI.1 2nd ed. revised and expanded -- PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL EDUCATION AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, George F. McLean, Frederick E. Ellrod, David Schindler, and Jesse A. Mann, eds. Theories of moral development; classical and phenomenological philosophical approaches to understanding the person; their educational implications for moral growth and the ethical exercise of human freedom. Introduction, 366 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-001-1; paper ISBN 1-56518-000-3; March, 1992.

VI.2 2nd ed. revised -- PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL EDUCATION AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: AN INTEGRATED THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT, Richard T. Knowles and George F. McLean, eds. The psychology of moral emotions and moral choice, story telling and character development; a theoretical structure for understanding moral growth with an analysis of the potentialities and approaches to moral education at each age level from early childhood to old age. Introduction, index, bibliography, 335 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-003-8; paper ISBN 1-56518-002-x; March, 1992.

VI.3 2nd ed. revised -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS AND BEYOND, Kevin Ryan, Thomas Lickona and George F. McLean, eds. Studies on the nature of moral education and character development, focusing upon the school as the essential environment, the classroom and curriculum at the various levels, and the relation to family, religion, media and community. Introduction, preface, epilogue., index, 387 pp. Cloth ISBN 1-56518-058-5; paper ISBN 1-56518-059-3; March, 1992.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR METAPHYSICS
The volumes progress from the relation of the person to nature, society and God; to society and its characteristics of unity, justice and progress; to culture and its morality and symbols.
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PERSON AND NATURE, George F. McLean and Hugo Meynell, eds., fwd. H.D. Lewis. A progressive examination of the capabilities and limits of approaching nature in terms of science, progress, person and transcendence, respectively. Contributors include John Smith, Eroll Harris, Eliot Deutsch, Masao Abe, as well as Margaret Chatterjee and a team of Indian philosophers. Introduction, index, 235 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-7025-9; paper ISBN 0-8191-7026-7; 1988.

PERSON AND SOCIETY, George F. McLean and Hugo Meynell, eds. The social nature of personal self-consciousness and the impact of community and its structures on the ethics and rights of the person. Contributors include Richard McKeon, Ivor Leclerc, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Mihailo Markovi, and others. Introduction, index, 145 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8181-6924-2; paper ISBN 0-8191-6925-0; 1988.

PERSON AND GOD, George F. McLean and Hugo Meynell, eds. Jerusalem studies on religious traditions, metaphysical approaches and foundations for human freedom by Ivor leclerc, H.D. Lewis, David Hartman, J. Ladrière, L. Rouner, Richard Martin, J.N. Findlay and others. Introduction, 377 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-6937-4; ISBN 0-8191-6938-2; 1988.

THE NATURE OF METAPHYSICAL KNOWLEDGE, George F. McLean and Hugo Meynell, eds. Contemporary problematic of the approaches and methods for metaphysics; their implications for science, ethics and history. Introduction, 180 pp. Cloth ISBN 0-8191-6926-9; paper ISBN 0-8919-6927-7; 1988.

Philosophhical Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization, Obliva Blanchette, Tomonobu Imamichi and George F. McLean. Introduction, index, 490pp. Paper ISBN 1-56518-1298.