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Author:   Amy Olberding ,  Philip J. Ivanhoe ,  Philip J Ivanhoe
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:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9781438435633

ISBN 10:   1438435630
Pages:   323
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. Preparation for the Afterlife in Ancient China Mu-chou Poo 2. Ascend to Heaven or Stay in the Tomb? Paintings in Mawangdui Tomb 1 and the Virtual Ritual of Revival in Second-Century B.C.E. China Eugene Yuejin Wang 3. Concepts of Death and the Afterlife Refl ected in Newly Discovered Tomb Objects and Texts from Han China Jue Guo 4. War, Death, and Ancient Chinese Cosmology: Thinking through the Thickness of Culture Roger T. Ames 5. Death and Dying in the Analects Philip J. Ivanhoe 6. I Know Not ""Seems"": Grief for Parents in the Analects Amy Olberding 7. Allotment and Death in Early China Mark Csikszentmihalyi 8. Death in the Zhuangzi: Mind, Nature, and the Art of Forgetting Mark Berkson 9. Sages, the Past, and the Dead: Death in the Huainanzi Michael Puett 10. Linji and William James on Mortality: Two Visions of Pragmatism Tao Jiang 11. Death as the Ultimate Concern in Neo-Confucian Tradition: Wang Yangming's Followers as an Example Guoxiang Peng LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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...critical considerations ... do not remotely eclipse the great academic value of this edited book which will, no doubt, very soon become an essential work of reference for all those who are interested in the study of death in Chinese civilization. - Journal of Chinese Religions

Author Information

Amy Olberding is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. Philip J. Ivanhoe is Reader-Professor of Philosophy at the City University of Hong Kong. His many books include Religious and Philosophical Aspects of the Laozi (coedited with Mark Csikszentmihalyi) and Essays on Skepticism, Relativism, and Ethics in the Zhuangzi (coedited with Paul Kjellberg), both also published by SUNY Press.

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