Introducing Chinese Philosophy - From the Warring States to the 21st Century

This book presents an introductory survey of the major themes, thinkers and texts, philosophical genres and profound insights of the Chinese philosophical tradition. Its coverage ranges from the foundational history of Chinese thought in the 6th-5th centuries BCE up to the present day.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Chinese Philosophy: A Brief History Chapter 2: The Varieties of Philosophical Style Chapter 3: The Whole and Not Just the Parts Chapter 4: Relations Natural and Social Chapter 5: Managing All under Heaven in the Warring States Chapter 6: Managing All under Heaven with Continuity or Plurality Afterward Glossary

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Douglas L. Berger is a Professor of Global and Comparative Philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands and the Director of the Leiden University Centre for Intercultural Philosophy. He is the author of-among other publications-Encounters of Mind: Luminosity, Personhood and Consciousness in Indian and Chinese Thought (2015) and Indian and Intercultural Philosophy: Personhood, Consciousness and Causality (2021).

Zusammenfassung

This book presents an introductory survey of the major themes, thinkers and texts, philosophical genres and profound insights of the Chinese philosophical tradition. Its coverage ranges from the foundational history of Chinese thought in the 6th-5th centuries BCE up to the present day.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Douglas Berger, Douglas (Leiden University) Berger, Berger Douglas
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032290997
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229099-7
• Seiten: 296
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; China, PHILOSOPHY / General, Religion: general, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Confucianism, Philosophy;Chinese Philosophy;Confucianism