Language as bodily practice in early China : a Chinese grammatology /

Language as bodily practice in early China : a Chinese grammatology /

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Author / Creator:	Geaney, Jane, author.
Imprint:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2018] ©2018
Description:	xxxix, 309 pages ; 27 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Subject:	Chinese language -- Philosophy -- History. Language and culture -- China -- History. Chinese language -- Philosophy. Language and culture. China. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11605413

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Varying Form of Title:	Chinese grammatology
ISBN:	9781438468617 143846861X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.
Summary:	Jane Geaney argues that early Chinese conceptions of speech and naming cannot be properly understood if viewed through the dominant Western philosophical tradition in which language is framed through dualisms that are based on hierarchies of speech and writing, such as reality/appearance and one/many. Instead, early Chinese texts repeatedly create pairings of sounds and various visible things. This aural/visual polarity suggests that texts from early China treat speech as a bodily practice that is not detachable from its use in everyday experience. Firmly grounded in ideas about bodies from the early texts themselves, Geaney's interpretation offers new insights into three key themes in these texts: the notion of speakers' intentions (yi), the physical process of emulating exemplary people, and Confucius's proposal to rectify names (zhengming).
Other form:	Online version: Geaney, Jane. Language as bodily practice in early China. Albany, NY : State University of New York, 2018 9781438468624

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