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This volume presents both a historical and a systematic
examination of the philosophy of classical Confucianism. Taking
into account newly unearthed materials and the most recent
scholarship, it features contributions by experts in the field,
ranging from senior scholars to outstanding early career scholars.
The book first presents the historical development of classical
Confucianism, detailing its development amidst a fading ancient
political theology and a rising wave of creative humanism. It
examines the development of the philosophical ideas of Confucius as
well as his disciples and his grandson Zisi, the Zisi-Mencius
School, Mencius, and Xunzi. Together with this historical
development, the book analyzes and critically assesses the
philosophy in the Confucian Classics and other major works of these
philosophers. The second part systematically examines such
philosophical issues as feeling and emotion, the aesthetic
appreciation of music, wisdom in poetry, moral psychology, virtue
ethics, political thoughts, the relation with the Ultimate Reality,
and the concept of harmony in Confucianism. The Philosophy of
Classical Confucianism offers an unparalleled examination to the
philosophers, basic texts and philosophical concepts and ideas of
Classical Confucianism as well as the recently unearthed bamboo
slips related to Classical Confucianism. It will prove itself a
valuable reference to undergraduate and postgraduate university
students and teachers in philosophy, Chinese history, History,
Chinese language and Culture.
This volume presents both a historical and a systematic examination
of the philosophy of classical Confucianism. Taking into account
newly unearthed materials and the most recent scholarship, it
features contributions by experts in the field, ranging from senior
scholars to outstanding early career scholars. The book first
presents the historical development of classical Confucianism,
detailing its development amidst a fading ancient political
theology and a rising wave of creative humanism. It examines the
development of the philosophical ideas of Confucius as well as his
disciples and his grandson Zisi, the Zisi-Mencius School, Mencius,
and Xunzi. Together with this historical development, the book
analyzes and critically assesses the philosophy in the Confucian
Classics and other major works of these philosophers. The second
part systematically examines such philosophical issues as feeling
and emotion, the aesthetic appreciation of music, wisdom in poetry,
moral psychology, virtue ethics, political thoughts, the relation
with the Ultimate Reality, and the concept of harmony in
Confucianism. The Philosophy of Classical Confucianism offers an
unparalleled examination to the philosophers, basic texts and
philosophical concepts and ideas of Classical Confucianism as well
as the recently unearthed bamboo slips related to Classical
Confucianism. It will prove itself a valuable reference to
undergraduate and postgraduate university students and teachers in
philosophy, Chinese history, History, Chinese language and Culture.
While there have been a number of specialized books in the field of
comparative philosophy, and many in the field of comparative
religion, there are few scholars who can address both disciplines.
Furthermore, when these disciplines are virtually mutually
exclusive, as in Western academia, a full appreciation of
non-Western approaches to either religion or philosophy is not
easily attained, and distortions, such as appropriation, often
occur. Within the last ten years, there has been a concerted effort
on the part of a number of Western scholars to try to address these
deficiencies. After Appropriation consists of thirteen essays, each
of which addresses an issue or illustrates a problem in the
interdisciplinary field of comparative religion and philosophy as
it is presently conceived. Many misappropriations and exclusions
have arisen from the Western tendency to reduce and manipulate the
ideas and values of non-Western religions and philosophies to fit
within Western concepts and categories. How might comparative
philosophy and religion change if the concepts and categories of
non-Western philosophies and religions were taken as primary? This
book explores this question through analytic and phenomenological
Western approaches, infused with fresh strategies and modalities
derived from or inspired by non-Western traditions. In a world of
increasing pluralism and continuing globalization, there is a
growing need to elevate discussion of these issues to a more
sophisticated level. A truly groundbreaking collection, After
Appropriation inaugurates an entirely new integrative discipline of
comparative religion and philosophy, and the exceptional calibre
adnd wide spectrum of the book's scholarship will stimulate and
propel further interest in this pivotal and fruitful direction.
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