MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
Über dieses Produkt
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University, Asia Center
ISBN-100674056094
ISBN-139780674056091
eBay Product ID (ePID)84254495
Product Key Features
Number of Pages326 Pages
Publication NameDynamics of Masters Literature : Early Chinese Thought from Confucius to Han Feizi
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAsian / Chinese, Eastern, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Philosophy
AuthorWiebke Denecke
SeriesHarvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight25.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-040082
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number74
Dewey Decimal181/.11
SynopsisThis book offers close readings of seven examples of Masters Literature and asks what proponents of a "Chinese philosophy" gained by creating a Chinese equivalent of philosophy and what we might gain by approaching these texts through other disciplines, questions, and concerns., The importance of the rich corpus of "Masters Literature" that developed in early China since the fifth century BCE has long been recognized. But just what are these texts? Scholars have often approached them as philosophy, but these writings have also been studied as literature, history, and anthropological, religious, and paleographic records. How should we translate these texts for our times? This book explores these questions through close readings of seven examples of Masters Literature and asks what proponents of a "Chinese philosophy" gained by creating a Chinese equivalent of philosophy and what we might gain by approaching these texts through other disciplines, questions, and concerns. What happens when we remove the accrued disciplinary and conceptual baggage from the Masters Texts? What neglected problems, concepts, and strategies come to light? And can those concepts and strategies help us see the history of philosophy in a different light and engender new approaches to philosophical and intellectual inquiry? By historicizing the notion of Chinese philosophy, we can, the author contends, answer not only the question of whether there is a Chinese philosophy but also the more interesting question of the future of philosophical thought around the world., The importance of the rich corpus of "Masters Literature" that developed in early China since the fifth century bce has long been recognized. But just what are these texts? Scholars have often approached them as philosophy, but these writings have also been studied as literature, history, and anthropological, religious, and paleographic records. How should we translate these texts for our times? This book explores these questions through close readings of seven examples of Masters Literature and asks what proponents of a "Chinese philosophy" gained by creating a Chinese equivalent of philosophy and what we might gain by approaching these texts through other disciplines, questions, and concerns. What happens when we remove the accrued disciplinary and conceptual baggage from the Masters Texts? What neglected problems, concepts, and strategies come to light? And can those concepts and strategies help us see the history of philosophy in a different light and engender new approaches to philosophical and intellectual inquiry? By historicizing the notion of Chinese philosophy, we can, the author contends, answer not only the question of whether there is a Chinese philosophy but also the more interesting question of the future of philosophical thought around the world.
LC Classification NumberB126.D45 2010
