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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813380003321

Autore

Neville Robert C

Titolo

Ritual and deference : extending Chinese philosophy in a comparative context / / Robert Cummings Neville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7821-1

1-4356-5853-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 202 p. )

Collana

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Disciplina

181/.11

Soggetti

Philosophy, Chinese - To 221 B.C

Philosophy, Comparative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Confucian program -- The significance of Confucian values -- Ritual in Xunzi -- Daoist relativism, ethical choice, and normative measure -- Chinese influences in English-speaking philosophy -- Methodology, practices, and disciplines in Chinese and Western philosophy -- Metaphysics for contemporary Chinese philosophy -- The conscious and unconscious placing of ritual and humanity -- The contemporary mutual development of Confucianism and Christianity -- The personal and the impersonal in conceptions of divinity -- On comparison -- Contributions of Chinese philosophy: a summary discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

Brings Confucianism and Daoism into conversation with contemporary philosophy and the contemporary world situation.