Selusi Ambrogio is Adjunct Lecturer of Chinese Philosophy and Chinese Literature at the University of Macerata and the University of Urbino, Italy.

This is a noteworthy contribution to the intercultural study of the history of philosophy and the early modern formation of the idea of philosophy as an exclusively European project. This work will inform its readers of less recognized episodes in that history as well as inspire them to rethink the modern Western-centered conception of philosophy and its history.

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgements General Introduction Preliminary Note to Some Terms 1. India and Chinese Philosophy in the Late-16th Century Europe2. The Rise of the Myth of an Asiatic Atheism 3. The Exclusion of Asian Philosophical Thought in Europe ConclusionBibliography Primary Sources Secondary sourcesIndex

Selusi Ambrogio is Adjunct Lecturer of Chinese Philosophy and Chinese Literature at the University of Macerata and the University of Urbino, Italy.

This is a noteworthy contribution to the intercultural study of the history of philosophy and the early modern formation of the idea of philosophy as an exclusively European project. This work will inform its readers of less recognized episodes in that history as well as inspire them to rethink the modern Western-centered conception of philosophy and its history.

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgements General Introduction Preliminary Note to Some Terms 1. India and Chinese Philosophy in the Late-16th Century Europe2. The Rise of the Myth of an Asiatic Atheism 3. The Exclusion of Asian Philosophical Thought in Europe ConclusionBibliography Primary Sources Secondary sourcesIndex

Selusi Ambrogio is Adjunct Lecturer of Chinese Philosophy and Chinese Literature at the University of Macerata and the University of Urbino, Italy.

This is a noteworthy contribution to the intercultural study of the history of philosophy and the early modern formation of the idea of philosophy as an exclusively European project. This work will inform its readers of less recognized episodes in that history as well as inspire them to rethink the modern Western-centered conception of philosophy and its history.

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgements General Introduction Preliminary Note to Some Terms 1. India and Chinese Philosophy in the Late-16th Century Europe2. The Rise of the Myth of an Asiatic Atheism 3. The Exclusion of Asian Philosophical Thought in Europe ConclusionBibliography Primary Sources Secondary sourcesIndex