Tang Junyi : Confucian Philosophy and the Challenge of Modernity / Thomas Fralich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fralich, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Both inside and outside of China, there have been heated debates about Confucian democracy, Confucian values and ethics, and Confucian alternatives to Western models of modernization. In many respects, however, the discussions have reached an impasse: Whereas some observers tend to depict Confucianism as a panacea for all kinds of political and social ills in East Asian and Western societies, others consider it to be a mere vestige of the Chinese tradition which lacks any relevance for contemporary discourse. The present study proposes a way through this impasse based on a critical examination of the modern Confucian project developed by the exiled philosopher Tang Junyi (1909-1978). Tang’s comprehensive reinterpretation of Confucianism ranks among the most ambitious philosophical projects in modern Chinese history.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Front List Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100602

ISBN:

9789004330139

OCLC:

984743393

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access