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Sagehood - The Contemporary Significance of Neo-Confucian Philosophy (Paperback)
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Sagehood - The Contemporary Significance of Neo-Confucian Philosophy (Paperback)
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Neo-Confucianism is the sophisticated revival of Confucian
theorizing, responding to challenges from Buddhism and Daoism,
which began around 1000 C.E. and came to dominate the Chinese
intellectual scene for centuries thereafter. What would happen if
we took Neo-Confucianism and its central ideal of sagehood
seriously as contemporary philosophy? Sagehood represents supreme
human virtue: a flawless, empathetic responsiveness to every
situation in which one finds oneself. How could this be possible?
How might one work toward such a state? According to
Neo-Confucians, we should all strive to become sages, whether or
not we ultimately achieve it. Taking neo-Confucianism seriously
means to explore the ways that its theories of psychology, ethics,
education, and politics engage with the views of contemporary
philosophers. Angle's book is therefore both an exposition of
Neo-Confucian philosophy and a sustained dialogue with many leading
Western thinkers-and especially with those philosophers leading the
current renewal of interest in virtue ethics. The book's
significance is two-fold: it argues for a new stage in the
development of contemporary Confucian philosophy, and it
demonstrates the value to Western philosophers of engaging with the
Neo-Confucian tradition. "Rarely is a work in comparative
philosophy itself an original philosophical contribution. But that
is the case in this instance in which Angle brings Neo-Confucian
philosophy into fruitful conversation with contemporary Western,
virtue-ethics based analytic philosophers.The result is a
presentation of Neo-Confucianism that advances it beyond any
previous Neo-Confucian: Angle is the best in the line so far, at
least among those writing or written about in English." - Robert
Cummings Neville, The Review of Metaphysics "This book does an
outstanding job of engaging a wide range of sources not only from
different areas of philosophy (such as virtue ethics and Chinese
philosophy) but also from the disciplines of religious studies and
Asian studies. Indeed, one thing that makes this book worth reading
is the way it puts new and interesting sources into conversation
with one another in order to shed new light on the topics at hand.
While this work is certainly recommended for specialists in
comparative ethics and Chinese philosophy, it is also a resource
for philosophers interested in learning how non-Western philosophy
might potentially contribute to work in ethics today." - Eric
Cline, Mind "Throughout the book, Angle makes good use of recent
empirical studies. His book is very accessible for readers with a
wide variety of backgrounds. Philosophers with no background in
Chinese thought will find challenging and interesting discussions
of many issues relevant to their own work. Furthermore, I think
this book is also quite appropriate to assign to strong
undergraduate students. I recommend it highly." - Bryan W. van
Norden, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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