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Author:   Chenyang Li
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:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780791441350

ISBN 10:   0791441350
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   01 April 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Being: Perspective versus Substance Being as Identity The Being of the Ox Knowing What There Is Transformation of the Butterfly One-Only versus One-Many Identity Chapter 2 Truth: Confucius and Heidegger Truth as an Ontological Concept Ethical Implications Truth and Freedom Why Semantic Truth Has Been Marginalized Chapter 3 Language: Pragmatic versus Semantic Rectification of Names Rigid Designation Names as Prescriptions Chapter 4 Ethics: Confucian Jen and Feminist Care Self and Society: The Foundation of Jen and Care Jen and Care as the Central Moral Ideals Jen and Care: Ethics without General Rules Jen and Caring with Gradations How a Care Ethics Could Have Oppressed Women Chapter 5 Family: Duty versus Rights Critiques of Some Recent Theories The Confucian Perspective A Confucian Response Chapter 6 Religion: Multiple Participation versus Exclusionism The Religiousness of Chinese Religions The Difference between Three Religions Tension and Complementarity Being Taoist-Buddhist-Confucian Some Philosophical Considerations Chapter 7 Justice: Confucian Values and Democratic Values Democracy and China's Need Whether There Has Been Democracy in Traditional Chinese Culture Whether Confucianism and Democracy Are Compatible Democracy as an Independent Value System in China Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

Not only does Li discuss the multiple crossings of experience within Chinese philosophy as exemplified by the cosmology of Dao but also compares them with the West ... Li has written a provocative and deeply thoughtful book for both experts and novices in Chinese and comparative philosophy. His rich discussion of Aristotle and Heidegger provides grounding for issues of language, ethics, religion, and justice. As such, The Tao Encounters the West is a book that significantly engages and sustains an East-West dialogue, itself an increasingly prominent juncture for philosophy of the 21st Century. - Dao This work is a study in comparative philosophy that engages modern Western and Chinese thought, and does so quite well. The author obviously is at home in both the Western and Chinese classical and modern material. One of the real strengths of the work is that it deals with a number of complicated comparative issues. The author shows that classical Chinese thought still has something to offer to the modern philosophic debate when its concepts are carefully reviewed and presented in a fashion that makes sense to contemporary readers. I found the work on the comparison of feminist ethics and Confucian ethics appealing. This kind of work really shows one of the main subtexts of the whole project, namely the revivification of Confucian thought. - John H. Berthrong, author of Concerning Creativity: A Comparison of Chu Hsi, Whitehead, and Neville

Author Information

Chenyang Li is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Monmouth College.

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