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Author:   Geir Sigurðsson
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781438454412

ISBN 10:   1438454414
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   01 February 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Interpretive Viewpoints and Prejudgments Subjective Objectivity and Hermeneutic Productivity of Cultural Distance Chinese Culture, Ritual Propriety, and the Importance of Learning The Modern Opprobrium of Ritual and the Confucian Tradition 1. First Assemblage: Tradition and Timeliness From Aversion to Rehabilitation: The Modern Discourse on Tradition Tradition as Dao : The Early Confucian Approach to Tradition The Temporal Sequence of Practice and the Chinese Notion of Time Hitting the Mark: Zhong , Shizhong , and Zhongyong 2. Second Assemblage: From Reason to Intelligence Education and/or Indoctrination: A Borderless Distinction Reason I: Max Weber's Paradox Reason II: The Quest for Reason in China Reason III: Reasonable Alternatives Reason IV: The Interplay of Li , Yi , and Li 3. Third Assemblage: Education as Humanization Education through Experience: Reconciling Tradition and Reason Aesthetic Consciousness and Ritual Knowledge Internalization and Efficacy: Li , Yue , De , and Ren Education as Exhortation and Personal Cultivation Concluding Remarks Notes Literature Cited Index

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...I highly recommend this book to those who already have a deep understanding of early Chinese intellectual history and who do not shy away from new methodological approaches to and perspectives on early Confucianism. - Daniel Sungbin Sou, Religious Studies Review

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Geir Sigurdsson is Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Iceland.

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