Ritual and religion in the Xunzi / edited by T. C. Kline III and Justin Tiwald ; Mark Berkson [and seven others], contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kline, T. C., 1966- editor.

Tiwald, Justin, editor.

Berkson, Mark, contributor.

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xunzi, 340 B.C.-245 B.C. Xunzi.

Xunzi.

Philosophy, Confucian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Xunzi, a founding figure in the Confucian tradition, is one of the world's great philosophers and theorists of religion. For much of the last century, his work has been seen largely as critical of religion, particularly the popular beliefs and invocations of supernatural forces that underpin so many religious rituals. Contributors to this volume challenge this view and offer a more sophisticated picture of Xunzi. He emerges not as critic, but rather as an adherent of religion who seeks to give religious practices meaning even though many religious beliefs are mistaken or self-serving. Each essay offers a powerful illustration of Xunzi as both a religious devotee and as a philosopher of religion, drawing on a wide array of disciplines and methodologies.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes on Conventions""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes""; ""Religious Vision""; ""1. Xunzi as a Religious Philosopher""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""V""; ""VI""; ""Notes""; ""2. A Happy Symmetry: Xunzi�s Ecological Ethic""; ""Introduction""; ""Xunzi�s Ethic""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Ritual Theory""; ""3. Ritual and Religion: A Lesson from Xunzi for Today""; ""Initial Considerations of Ritual in Xunzi""; ""Ritual and Semiotics""; ""Ritual and Desire""; ""Ritual, Integration, and Religion""; ""Notes""; ""4. Xunzi: Ritualization as Humanization""

""Introduction""""Xunzi�s Basic Picture of the Self and Treatment of Ritual""; ""Xunzi�s Possible Responses to Criticisms of His Idea of Social Rituals""; ""Xunzi�s Attitude to Conventional Religion""; ""Xunzi�s Reinterpretation of Religious Rituals: Introduction""; ""Xunzi�s Understanding of Rituals Dealing with Origins""; ""Xunzi�s Reinterpretation of Rituals That Deal with Termination: The Death Rituals""; ""Notes""; ""5. Xunzi�s Reinterpretation of Ritual: A Hermeneutic Defense of the Confucian Way""; ""Introduction""; ""Ritual and the meta-level perspective""

""An Example: Death Rituals""""Grief and Mourning""; ""Ambivalence and Emotional Conflict""; ""Facilitating Transition""; ""The Freudian Challenge""; ""The “As Ifâ€? Attitude""; ""The Hierarchy of Understanding""; ""Symbolic Realism""; ""Ritual as True Fiction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Comparative Approaches""; ""6. Ritual and Tradition in Xunzi and DÅ?gen""; ""Introduction""; ""Historical Contexts""; ""Ritual and Ritual Self-Cultivation""; ""Teacher/Master and Tradition""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""7. Sheltering Under the Sacred Canopy: Peter Berger and Xunzi""

""Comparative Inquiry""""Peter Berger""; ""Xunzi""; ""Sagehood and Authenticity""; ""Reconsidering Berger""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Works on Xunzi""; ""Dissertations""; ""Books and Articles""; ""General Works""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438451961

1438451962