Yinyang - The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese Thought and Culture

Informationen zum Autor Robin Wang is Daum Professor in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Asian Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. She is the editor of Chinese Philosophy in an Era of Globalization (2004) and Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period to the Song Dynasty (2003). Klappentext The concept of yinyang lies at the heart of Chinese thought and culture. This book explores the relationship between these two opposing forces. "...offers all one might have wanted to know about yin-yang... Wang's scholarship is deep... anyone will be able to appreciate the impressive way she has of demonstrating the astonishing richness of an ancient culture, and a way of thinking about nature and the human world that few in the West have seriously considered... Recommended..." -- R.T. Lee, emeritus, Trinity College, CHOICE Zusammenfassung The concept of yinyang lies at the heart of Chinese thought and culture. The relationship between these two opposing! yet mutually dependent! forces is explored in this brilliant book. Rooted in the Chinese philosophical tradition! the book also demonstrates how yinyang thought manifested itself in diverse cultural practices from divination to the art of war. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Yinyang cosmology; 3. Yinyang matrix; 4. Yinyang strategy; 5. Yinyang body; 6. Yinyang symbol.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Wang, Robin R. Wang, Robin R. (Loyola Marymount University Wang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2012
• EAN: 9780521165136
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16513-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: New Approaches to Asian History; New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian Histor; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Eastern philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions