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The dysfunction of ritual in early Confucianism
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ing, Michael David Kaulana, Author.
- Language:
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Confucianism--Rituals.
- Confucianism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- dysfunction of ritual in early Confucianism
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- Multiple languages
- Summary:
- Michael Ing's 'The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism' is the first monograph in English about the Liji - a text that purports to be the writings of Confucius' immediate disciples and part of the earliest canon of Confucian texts called 'The Five Classics', included in the canon several centuries before the Analects. Ing uses his analysis of the Liji to show how early Confucians coped with situations where their rituals failed to achieve their intended aims. In contrast to most contemporary interpreters of Confucianism, Ing demonstrates that early Confucian texts can be read as arguments for ambiguity in ritual failure.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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