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The Journal of East-West Comparative Literature

ISSN 1229-2745

2 papers in the library · publishing 2018-2022

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The Philosophical Archetype of the Orient (Persia) and Transmission to East-West Philosophy: The Philosophy of Erfan (Sufi)

The Journal of East-West Comparative Literature December 31, 2022 Gyuseob Shin

Persian philosophy, which exists in the middle ground between Eastern and Western philosophy, corresponds to philosophy as an archetype (root), and East-West philosophy is organically connected by that root. In Persian philosophy, Erfan (Mysticism) constitutes the most important field of philosophy. This is also related to the fact that Persia is called the home of mysticism (Sufism). In fact,...

A Study on the Comparison of Celtic Culture and North-Eastern Asian Nomadic Culture through Macbeth: In the Perspective of Shamanism

The Journal of East-West Comparative Literature June 30, 2018 Jun-soo Kang

The purpose of this paper is to compare the elements of Shamanism in Macbeth by William Shakespeare with the similarities of nomadic cultures in Northeast Asia. Basically, Shakespeare focuses on the evil that happened by Macbeth’s murder and it was represented as a matter of constant human desire and corruption. However, this study focuses on the problem of cultural exchange and communication...