Harmony in Chinese Thought

A Philosophical Introduction
Herausgeber: Li, Chenyang; Kwok, Sai Hang; Düring, Dascha

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The volume explores the various meanings and implications of harmony so as to consider its relevance as a value and virtue in the modern world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9781538147009
• ISBN-10: 1538147009
• Artikelnr.: 60010143

Autorenporträt

Chenyang Li is professor of philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Sai Hang Kwok is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Macau. Dascha Düring is a postdoctoral fellow of the School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: In Search of Harmony
Section I: Historical and Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 1: "He (?)", Concept Cluster of Harmony in Early China
Chapter 2: Music and the Concept of Harmony as Seen in Unearthed
Manuscripts
Chapter 3: Active Harmony, Passive Harmony, Freedom, and Domination
Section II: Daoism
4. Divergent Models of Harmony From the Zhuangzi
Chapter 5: "Being Cool with Something (he zhi??):" Conflict Resolution in
the Zhuangzi
Chapter 6: Emptying the Body: The Space of Harmonization in Han Daoism
Section III: Confucianism
Chapter 7: Confucian Harmony as Ritual Synchronicity
Chapter 8: Harmony as Hermeneutic Openness: Aesthetic Perspectives on
Confucian Harmony
Section IV: Contending Voices of Mohism, Legalism, and Buddhism
Chapter 9: Tong: A Mohist Response to the Confucian Harmony
Chapter 10: The Divergence between the Confucian and Legalist Quest for
Harmony
Chapter 11: Harmony and Nature: Thoughts from Laozi and Shen Dao
Chapter 12. Harmony and Paradox: The Tiantai Buddhist View of the
"Round/Perfect" (yuan?)
Section V: Contemporary Discussions
Chapter 13: Reflections on Three Challenges to a Discussion of Harmony
Chapter 14: Meritocracy, Democracy, and Deep Harmony: Toward Democratic
Relationality
List of Contributors