The Bloomsbury research handbook of Chinese philosophy and gender / edited by Ann A. Pang White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pang White, Ann A., editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy

Bloomsbury research handbooks in Asian philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Chinese.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Covering the historical, social, political, and cultural contexts, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender presents a comprehensive overview of the complexity of gender disparity in Chinese thought and culture. Divided into four main sections, an international group of experts in Chinese Studies write on Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist approaches to gender relations. Each section includes a general introduction, a set of authoritative articles written by leading scholars and comprehensive bibliographies, designed to provide the non-specialist with a practical and broad overview. Beginning with the Ancient and Medieval period before moving on to Modern and Contemporary approaches, specially commissioned chapters include Pre-Qin canonical texts, women in early Chinese ethics, the yin-yang gender dynamic and the Buddhist understanding of the conception of gender. Considering why the philosophy of women and gender dynamics in Chinese thought is rarely confronted, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender is a pioneering cross-disciplinary introduction to Chinese philosophy's intersection with gender studies. By bridging the fields of Chinese philosophy, religion, intellectual history, feminism, and gender studies, this cutting-edge volume fills a great need in the current literature on Chinese philosophy and provides student and scholars with an invaluable research resource to a growing field."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: A Road Less Travelled

Part I: Confucian Approaches: Ancient and Medieval. 1. Women and Moral Dilemmas in Early Chinese Ethics / Paul R. Goldin, The University of Pennsylvania, USA

2. Discourses on Women from the Classical Period to the Song: An Integrated Approach / Terry Tak-ling Woo, York University, Canada

3. Neo-Confucians and Zhu Xi on Family and Woman: Challenges and Potentials / Ann A. Pang-White, The University of Scranton, USA

4. The Dream of Sagehood: A Re-Examination of Queen Sohae's Naehoon and Feminism / Hye-Kyung Kim, University of Wisconsin

Green Bay, USA.

Part II: Confucian Approaches: Modern and Contemporary. 5. Close Personal Relationships and the Situated Self: The Confucian Analects and Feminist Philosophy Karyn Lai, University of New South Wales, Australia

6. Care and Justice: Reading Mencius, Kant, and Gilligan Comparatively Chenyang Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

7. Moral Reasoning: the Female Way and the Xunzian Way Ellie Hua Wang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

8. Multiculturalism and Feminism Revisited: A Hybridized Confucian Care Ethics Lisa Rosenlee, The University of Hawaii

West O'ahu, USA

9. Would Confucianism Allow Two Men to Share a Peach? Compatibility Between Ancient Confucianism and Homosexuality Sin-Yee Chan, The University of Vermont, USA.

Part III: Daoist Approaches. 10. Yinyang Gender Dynamics: Lived Bodies, Rhythmical Changes and Cultural Performances Robin Wang, Loyola Marymount University, USA

11. On the Dao of Ci (Feminine/Female) in the Daodejing Lin Ma, Renmin University, China

12. To Beget and to Forget: On the Transformative Power of the Two Feminine Images of Dao in the Laozi Galia Pratt-Shimar, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

13. The Yijing, Gender, and the Ethics of Nature Eric Nelson, University of Massachusetts

Lowell, USA

14. Daoism and the LGBT Community Sue Scheibler, Loyola Marymount University, USA.

Part IV: Buddhist Approaches. 15. Buddhist Nondualism: Deconstructing Gender and Other Delusions of the Discriminating Mind Through Awareness Sandra Wawrytko, San Diego State University, USA

16. Non-self, Agency, and Women: Buddhism's Modern Transformation Ann A. Pang-White, The University of Scranton, USA

17. "The Bodhisattva's Path" as Gender-neutral Practices

A Case Study of Buddhist Tzh Chi Community in Taiwan Huei-Syin Lu, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan

18. Bhikṣunī Chao-Hwei's Buddhist-Feminist Social Ethics Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy, USA

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472569868

1472569865

9781474219686

1474219683

9781472569844

1472569849

OCLC:

938898117