Anthropological Inquiry Into Confucianism - Ritual, Emotion, and Rational Principle

An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism provides a new lens to revisit Confucianism. Drawing upon anthropological theories, perspectives, and empirical studies, Guo Wu argues that Confucianism is distinctive and valuable in its balancing of the three titular ideas: emotion, ritual, and rational principle in theory and in real-life.

List of contents

Introduction: Confucianism through Anthropological Lenses
Chapter 1: Li and Qing: Sacrifice, Ritual, and Emotion Before Confucius
Chapter 2: Ritualism and Emotion in Pre-Qin Confucianism and the Zhuangzi
Chapter 3: The Rise of Rational Principle and Diffusion of Rites in the Tang and Song Dynasties
Chapter 4: Rediscovering Qing and Li in the Ming and Qing
Conclusion: Reinventing Confucian Ritualism and the Modern Fate of the Triad

About the author

Guo Wu is associate professor of history at Allegheny College.

Summary

An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism provides a new lens to revisit Confucianism. Drawing upon anthropological theories, perspectives, and empirical studies, Guo Wu argues that Confucianism is distinctive and valuable in its balancing of the three titular ideas: emotion, ritual, and rational principle in theory and in real-life.

Product details

• Authors: Guo Wu, Wu Guo
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793654335
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-433-5
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, RELIGION / Confucianism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Asian History, Confucianism