Traces of humanism in China : tradition and modernity /

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Imprint:	Bielefeld : Transcript, c2010.
Description:	207 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Being human ; v. 6 Being human (Bielefeld, Germany) ; v. 6.
Subject:	Humanism -- China -- History. Philosophy, Chinese -- History. Philosophy, Confucian -- China -- History. Humanism. Philosophy, Chinese. Philosophy, Confucian. China. History.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8156687

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Other authors / contributors:	Meinert, Carmen.
ISBN:	9783837613513 (pbk.) 3837613518 (pbk. )
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-169) and indexes.
Summary:	"Since discourses on humanistic traditions have so far largely been focused on European cultures, this volume attempts to open the field to counterparts within Chinese culture which, as a matter of fact, has a rich autochthonous tradition of humanism as well. The contributors explore Confucian and Daoist dimensions of humaneness in Chinese philosophy and history up to the first half of the 20th century, when Chinese and Western concepts of humanism first merged. This book addresses a non-sinological audience as well as specialists in this field and contributes to a non-eurocentric view on humanism history."--P. [4] of cover.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : In search of humaneness in China / Carmen Meinert
Confucian statecraft in early Imperial China / Weizheng Zhu
Footprints in the water. Assessment in the Zhuangzi / Paul D'Ambrosio
Reconsidering Ren as a basic concept of Chinese humanism / Achim Mittag
Negotiations of humaneness and body politics in historical contexts / Angelika C. Messner
Human equality in modern Chinese political thought / Dennis Schilling
Inventing humanism in modern China / Ke Zhang.

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