Emerson and Neo-Confucianism - Crossing Paths Over the Pacific

Zusatztext "Takanashi's comparative work is detailed and thought-provoking! and the book stands as a welcome contribution toward addressing the importance of neo-Confucian influences on the reception of Asian philosophy in America." (Leah Kalmanson! Religious Studies Review! Vol. 44 (01)! March! 2018) Informationen zum Autor Author Yoshio Takanashi: Yoshio Takanashi is Professor of English and American Language and Literature at Nagano Prefectural College, Japan. Foreword by Lawrence Buell: Lawrence Buell is Powell M. Cabot Research Professor Emeritus of American Literature at Harvard University, USA. Klappentext A comparative investigation of Emerson's Transcendental thought and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism! this book shows how both thinkers traced the human morality to the same source in the ultimately moral nature of the universe and developed theories of the interrelation of universal law and the human mind. Zusammenfassung A comparative investigation of Emerson's Transcendental thought and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism! this book shows how both thinkers traced the human morality to the same source in the ultimately moral nature of the universe and developed theories of the interrelation of universal law and the human mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Lawrence Buell 1. Neo-Confucianism, Japan, and 'Nature is Principle': Foundations for a Comparison of Emerson and Zhu Xi 2. The Fundamental Principle and the Generation of the Universe 3. Cosmic Law and Human Ethics??? ?? 4. Realization of the Self???Conclusion??????????????? ????????????????

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Foreword by Lawrence Buell 1. Neo-Confucianism, Japan, and 'Nature is Principle': Foundations for a Comparison of Emerson and Zhu Xi 2. The Fundamental Principle and the Generation of the Universe 3. Cosmic Law and Human Ethics??? ?? 4. Realization of the Self???Conclusion??????????????? ????????????????

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"Takanashi's comparative work is detailed and thought-provoking, and the book stands as a welcome contribution toward addressing the importance of neo-Confucian influences on the reception of Asian philosophy in America." (Leah Kalmanson, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 44 (01), March, 2018)

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• Authors: Y Takanashi, Y. Takanashi
• Assisted by: Lawrence Buell (Foreword), Kenneth A. Loparo (Foreword)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9781349461967
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46196-7
• No. of pages: 205
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; B, Literature, Philosophy, comparative religion, History of Philosophy, Literature: history & criticism, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions, Literature, general, Religions, Biography, Literature & Literary studies, Philosophy, Asian, Non-Western philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Palgrave Literature Collection, America—Literatures, North American Literature, Movement (Philosophy)