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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784725103321

Autore

Hansen Chad <1942->

Titolo

A Daoist theory of Chinese thought [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical interpretation / / Chad Hansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-773022-1

1-280-65511-9

0-19-802318-9

0-19-535076-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Disciplina

181.114

181/.114

Soggetti

Philosophy, Chinese

Taoist philosophy

Chinese language - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-436) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. An Introduction with Work to Do; 2. The Context of Chinese Philosophy: Language and Theory of Language; Part I: The Positive Dao Period; Part II: The Antilanguage Period; Part III: The Analytic Period; Part IV: The Authoritarian Response; Notes; Glossary of Chinese Characters; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

1. An Introduction with Work to Do. 2. The Context of Chinese Philosophy: Language and Theory of Language. Part I The Positive Dao Period. 3. Confucius: The Baseline. 4. Mozi: Setting the Philosophical Agenda. Part II The Antilanguage Period. 5. Mencius: The Establishment Strikes Back. 6. Laozi: Language and Society. Part III The Analytic Period. 7. The School of Names: Linguistic Analysis in China. 8. Zhuangzi: Discriminating about Discriminating. Part IV The Authoritarian Response. 9. Xunzi: Pragmatic Confucianism. 10. Han Feizi: The Ruler's Interpretation. Notes. Glossary of Chinese Charact