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This book brings Confucianism and Daoism into conversation with contemporary philosophy and the contemporary world situation.

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Author:   Robert Cummings Neville
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:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780791474587

ISBN 10:   0791474585
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   01 July 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. A Confucian Program Metaphysics Philosophical Cosmology Human Nature Social Theory 2. The Significance of Confucian Values Values for the Good Life: Conventional, Yet Normative A Confucian Solution: Ritual High Civilizations: Competing Values and Global Rituals A Homily on Humaneness 3. Ritual in Xunzi Initial Considerations of Ritual in Xunzi Ritual and Semiotics Ritual and Desire Ritual, Integration, and Religion 4. Daoist Relativism, Ethical Choice, and Normative Measure A Metaphysical Daoism Normative Measure Daoist Ethics Daoism and Confucianism Compared 5. Chinese Influences in English-Speaking Philosophy Scholarly Influences Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall Tu Weiming and Cheng Chungying Wu Kuangming 6. Methodology, Practices, and Disciplines in Chinese and Western Philosophy The Problem Methodology as a Concern Philosophical Practices Philosophical Discipline 7. Metaphysics for Contemporary Chinese Philosophy The Need for Metaphysics Themes of Chinese Philosophy Metaphysical Directions 8. The Conscious and Unconscious Placing of Ritual and Humanity The Unconscious as a Problem for Confucian Virtue Ritual and Humaneness Deceptions of the Heart: Freud Deceptions of the Heart: Marx 9. The Contemporary Mutual Development of Confucianism and Christianity From Reformation of the Inner Heart to Loving the World The Location of Ethical Analysis and Rectifying Power Peace, Action, and Retreat 10. The Personal and the Impersonal in Conceptions of Divinity Popular versus Sophisticated Religion Hypothesis Development Hypothesis: Pre-Axial Age and Axial Age Semiotic Hypothesis Ontological-Anthropological Continuum Hypothesis 11. On Comparison Models of Comparative Theology Objectivist Comparison Normative Comparison Beyond Comparative to Integrative Philosophy 12. Contributions of Chinese Philosophy: A Summary Discussion The Happy Portability of Chinese Philosophy Ritual, Again Ethics, Again Orientation and the Self Notes Index

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Neville addresses an important methodological issue in contemporary Asian and comparative thought by surveying, drawing on, and adding to recent scholarship. Moreover, he has taken the next step by enthusiastically implementing concrete projects relating to Chinese wisdom for the benefit of contemporary life throughout the globe. It is rare to read an academic work that can elicit joyous laughter in response to the author's sage yet delightfully presented thoughts. -- Sandra A. Wawrytko

Author Information

Robert Cummings Neville is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Boston University and the author and editor of many books, including Boston Confucianism: Portable Tradition in the Late-Modern World, also published by SUNY Press.

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