Relationality Across East and West

This book explores how the concept of 'relationality' can offer a strong basis for cross-cultural dialogue between Western and non-Western traditions of moral and political philosophy.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Relationality across Western and Non-western Cultures 2. Reconceiving Agency for Relationally-Constituted Human Becomings 3. Relational Autonomy: Individual and Collective 4. The Young Marx and an African Ethic: Two Relational Views of Self-Realization 5. Confucian relationality in dysfunctional family relations: challenging oppression and self-centered individualism 6. Individuality with Relationality: Transvaluation of Confucianism with Mutual Love 7. The Relational Dimensions of Need 8. On 'Thick' Confucian Relationality from the Perspective of Contextual Individuality 9. Relationality as Human Condition: On Aidagara or Betweenness against Totalitarianism 10. Public Institutional Action: Individuality, Collectivity, and Interrelatedness

About the author

Jun-Hyeok Kwak is Yixian Professor of Philosophy (Zhuhai) at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His research interests lie at the crossroads of political philosophy from Socrates to Machiavelli, contemporary political theory, and comparative philosophy.
Ken Cheng taught at the School of International Studies at Sun Yat-Sen University, China, from 2020 to 2023. He specializes in European intellectual history, with a particular emphasis on nineteenth-century revolutionary thought.

Summary

This book explores how the concept of ‘relationality’ can offer a strong basis for cross-cultural dialogue between Western and non-Western traditions of moral and political philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Jun-Hyeok Cheng Kwak
• Assisted by: Ken Cheng (Editor), Cheng Ken (Editor), Jun-Hyeok Kwak (Editor), Kwak Jun-Hyeok (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032915388
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291538-8
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Political Theories in East Asian Context
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Historiography, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Historiography, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political science and theory