Harmony in Chinese Thought - A Philosophical Introduction

The volume explores the various meanings and implications of harmony so as to consider its relevance as a value and virtue in the modern world.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction: In Search of Harmony
Section I: Historical and Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 1: "He (?)", Concept Cluster of Harmony in Early China
Chapter 2: Music and the Concept of Harmony as Seen in Unearthed Manuscripts
Chapter 3: Active Harmony, Passive Harmony, Freedom, and Domination
Section II: Daoism
4. Divergent Models of Harmony From the Zhuangzi
Chapter 5: "Being Cool with Something (he zhi??):" Conflict Resolution in the Zhuangzi
Chapter 6: Emptying the Body: The Space of Harmonization in Han Daoism
Section III: Confucianism
Chapter 7: Confucian Harmony as Ritual Synchronicity
Chapter 8: Harmony as Hermeneutic Openness: Aesthetic Perspectives on Confucian Harmony
Section IV: Contending Voices of Mohism, Legalism, and Buddhism
Chapter 9: Tong: A Mohist Response to the Confucian Harmony
Chapter 10: The Divergence between the Confucian and Legalist Quest for Harmony
Chapter 11: Harmony and Nature: Thoughts from Laozi and Shen Dao
Chapter 12. Harmony and Paradox: The Tiantai Buddhist View of the "Round/Perfect" (yuan?)
Section V: Contemporary Discussions
Chapter 13: Reflections on Three Challenges to a Discussion of Harmony
Chapter 14: Meritocracy, Democracy, and Deep Harmony: Toward Democratic Relationality
List of Contributors

Info autore

Chenyang Li is Professor of philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he founded the philosophy program. He is the author of The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy (1999), The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony (2013), Reshaping Confucianism: A Progressive Inquiry (2023) and over 100 essays.Dascha Düring is a postdoctoral fellow of the School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Sai Hang Kwok is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Macau.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chenyang During Li, Chenyang Kwok Li
• Con la collaborazione di: Dascha Düring (Editore), Düring Dascha (Editore), Sai Hang Kwok (Editore), Chenyang Li (Editore), Li Chenyang (Editore)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 a 22 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781538147009
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4700-9
• Pagine: 316
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altre religioni mondiali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Asia, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Buddhism, Politics & government, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, East Asian & Indian philosophy