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The Development and Decline of Chinese Cosmology (Paperback)
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The Development and Decline of Chinese Cosmology (Paperback)
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Cosmological ideas influenced every aspect of traditional Chinese
culture, from science and medicine to art, philosophy, and
religion. Although other premodern societies developed similar
conceptions, in no other major civilization were such ideas so
pervasive or powerful.In The Development and Decline of Chinese
Cosmology, John Henderson traces the evolution of Chinese thought
on cosmic order from the classical era to the nineteenth century.
Unlike many standard studies of premodern cosmologies, this book
analyzes the origins, development, and rejection of these models,
not just their structure. Moreover, while historians often limit
their studies of cosmic order to specialized fields like the
history of science, Henderson examines how the cosmological ideas
formulated in late classical times permeated various facets of
Chinese life, from high philosophy to popular culture.In discussing
these ideas, the author draws surprising parallels between the
history of Chinese and classical Western cosmologies, identifying
general patterns in the development of cosmological conceptions in
several premodern civilizations. This volume thus appeals not only
to students of Chinese intellectual history, but anyone interested
in cultural anthropology, ancient and medieval philosophy, and the
history of science and medicine as well. An understanding of the
development and decline of Chinese cosmology illuminates broad
areas of traditional Chinese culture and it provides a new
perspective for viewing the history of Chinese thought in a larger
comparative context. John B. Henderson earned his Ph.D. at the
University of California, Berkeley. He is Professor in the
Department of History at Louisiana State University. Professor
Henderson's previously published works include Scripture, Canon,
and Commentary: A Comparison of Confucian and Western Exegesis and
Notions of Time in Chinese Historical Thinking.
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