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Over the last ten years citizenship has become an area of
interdisciplinary research and teaching in its own right. This book
highlights that globalization poses new challenges for established
understandings and practices of citizenship, and that intellectual
work is required to fashion models of citizenship better suited to
present problems and realities. In particular, this volume
emphasizes the pluralization of identities and communities within
states brought about by such forces as mass immigration, global
communication, substate regionalism and more generally the
fragmentation of modern notions of nation. The challenge is to
devise forms of democracy and political identity adequate to these
'globalized' conditions. Ideally suited to anyone interested in
globalization, cultural diversity and citizenship.
The phenomenon of filial piety is fundamental to our understanding
of Chinese culture, and this excellent collection of essays
explores its role in various areas of life throughout history.
Often regarded as the key to preserving Chinese tradition and
identity, its potentially vast impact on government and the
development of Chinese culture makes it extremely relevant, and
although invariably virtuous in its promotion of social cohesion,
its ideas are often controversial. A broad range of topics are
discussed chronologically including Confucianism, Buddhism and
Daoism, making it essential reading for those studying Chinese
culture, religion and philosophy. This is a multi-disciplinary
survey that combines historical studies with philosophical analysis
from an international team of respected contributors.
Over the last ten years citizenship has become an area of
interdisciplinary research and teaching in its own right. This book
highlights that globalization poses new challenges for established
understandings and practices of citizenship, and that intellectual
work is required to fashion models of citizenship better suited to
present problems and realities. In particular, this volume
emphasizes the pluralization of identities and communities within
states brought about by such forces as mass immigration, global
communication, substate regionalism and more generally the
fragmentation of modern notions of nation. The challenge is to
devise forms of democracy and political identity adequate to these
'globalized' conditions. Ideally suited to anyone interested in
globalization, cultural diversity and citizenship.
The phenomenon of filial piety is fundamental to our understanding
of Chinese culture, and this excellent collection of essays
explores its role in various areas of life throughout history.
Often regarded as the key to preserving Chinese tradition and
identity, its potentially vast impact on government and the
development of Chinese culture makes it extremely relevant, and
although invariably virtuous in its promotion of social cohesion,
its ideas are often controversial. A broad range of topics are
discussed chronologically including Confucianism, Buddhism and
Daoism, making it essential reading for those studying Chinese
culture, religion and philosophy. This is a multi-disciplinary
survey that combines historical studies with philosophical analysis
from an international team of respected contributors.
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title. Key Notes Compares Chinese and Western ethics Explores the
concept of community and self Description If ethics encompasses not
just a concern for self and family but also for a wider circle of
others, what resources do Chinese and Western ethics offer to
motivate and guide this expansion of concern? This question is the
theme uniting all these essays by lead Chinese and Western
philosophers. Topics discussed include: the Confician emphasis on
hierarchy; the motivational basis driving concern for others; how
Descartes Mencius analyzed pity and compassion, how personal
identities are formed in Chinese and Western cultures, the
possibility of a Confucian civil society, and children's rights.
An exemplary resource . . . The advice about translations is
excellent, as are the pedagogical lessons and the comparative
opportunities. This is an indispensable guide for researchers, and
it would make a fantastic text for a graduate course. Summing Up:
Essential. CHOICE The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese
Philosophy Methodologies presents a new understanding of the
changing methods used to study Chinese philosophy. By identifying
the various different approaches and discussing the role, and
significance of philosophical methods in the Chinese tradition,
this collection identifies difficulties and exciting developments
for scholars of Asian philosophy. Divided into four parts, the
nature of Chinese philosophical thought is illuminated by
discussing historical developments, current concerns and
methodological challenges. Surveying recent methodological trends,
this research companion explores and evaluates the methodologies
that have been applied to Chinese philosophy. From these diverse
angles, an international team of experts reflect on the
considerations that enter their methodological choices and indicate
new research directions. The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of
Chinese Philosophy Methodologies is an important contribution to
the education of the next generation of Chinese philosophers.
Tianxia—conventionally translated as "all-under-Heaven"—in
everyday Chinese parlance simply means "the world." But tianxia is
also a geopolitical term found in canonical writings that has a
deeper historical and philosophical significance. Although there
are many understandings of tianxia in this literature,
interpretations within the Chinese process cosmology generally
begin with an ecological understanding of intra-national relations
that acknowledge the mutuality and interdependence of all economic
and political activity. This volume contextualizes the tianxia
vision of geopolitical order within a variety of strategies drawn
from a broad spectrum of cultures and peoples: Buddhist, Islamic,
Indian, African, Confucian, European. The conversation among the
contributors is guided by several central questions: Is tianxia the
only model of cosmopolitanism? Are there ideas and ideals
comparable to tianxia that exist in other cultures? What
alternative perspectives of global justice have inspired Western,
Indian, Islamic, Buddhist, and African cultural traditions? The
fundamental premise here is that in order for a planetary tianxia
system to be relevant and significant for the present time and for
our vision of the future, it must acknowledge the plurality of
moral ideals defining the world’s cultures while at the same time
seek practical ways to formulate a minimalist morality that can
provide the solidarity needed to bring the world’s people
together.
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy
Methodologies presents a new understanding of the changing methods
used to study Chinese philosophy. By identifying the various
different approaches and discussing the role, and significance of
philosophical methods in the Chinese tradition, this collection
identifies difficulties and exciting developments for scholars of
Asian philosophy. Divided into four parts, the nature of Chinese
philosophical thought is illuminated by discussing historical
developments, current concerns and methodological challenges.
Surveying recent methodological trends, this research companion
explores and evaluates the methodologies that have been applied to
Chinese philosophy. From these diverse angles, an international
team of experts reflect on the considerations that enter their
methodological choices and indicate new research directions. The
Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies is
an important contribution to the education of the next generation
of Chinese philosophers.
Using both Confucian texts and the work of American pragmatist John
Dewey, this book offers a distinctly Confucian model of democracy.
Through a detailed study of relevant concepts and theories in
Confucianism and John Dewey's pragmatist philosophy, this book
illustrates the possibility of Confucian democracy and offers an
alternative to Western liberal models. Sor-hoon Tan synthesizes the
two philosophies through a comparative examination of individuals
and community, democratic ideals of equality and freedom, and the
nature of ethical and political order. By constructing a model of
Confucian democracy that combines the strengths of both
Confucianism and Deweyan pragmatism, this book explores how a
premodern tradition could be put in dialogue with contemporary
political and philosophical theories.
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