Reshaping Confucianism : a progressive inquiry / Chenyang Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Chenyang, 1956- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Confucian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Focusing on twelve major Confucian philosophical concepts and issues, one per chapter, this book offers fresh interpretations, unearths neglected insights, and illuminates connections between traditional and modern sensibilities. Taken together, the explorations of these foundational concepts and issues serve as a general introduction to progressive Confucian philosophy for the 21st century. Designed for classroom use, each chapter concludes a set of study questions to assist students to comprehend key points and to further develop their own views.

Contents:

Cover

Reshaping Confucianism

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Progressive Confucianism

Section I. Foundational Concepts

1. Dynamic Harmony

2. Care-​Centered Virtue

3. Ritual as Cultural Grammar

Section II. Self and Others

4. Filial Care

5. Differentiated Gender Equilibrium

6. Friendship

7. Virtuous Life and Longevity

Interlude

8. Can Sages Be Wrong?

Section III. Socio-​Political Reconstructions

9. Freedom through Choosing

10. Two Forms of Equality

11. Kingliness without Kings

12. Education for Humanity

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 21, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-765766-4

0-19-765764-8

0-19-765765-6

OCLC:

1398509042