Contemporary Chinese Philosophy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631217258 ISBN 13: 9780631217251

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

Synopsis

Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features discussion of sixteen major twentieth-century Chinese philosophers. Leading scholars in the field describe and critically assess the works of these significant figures.

• Critically assesses the work of major comtemporary Chinese philosophers that have rarely been discussed in English.
• Features essays by leading scholars in the field.
• Includes a glossary of Chinese characters and definitions.

About this title

About the Author

Chung-Ying Cheng is a professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chinese Philosophy. He is also founder of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy.

Nicholas Bunnin is director of the Philosophy Project at the Institute for Chinese Studies at Oxford University. He is chairman of the British Committee of the Philosophy Summer School in China: China Britain Australia.

From the Back Cover

Since the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese philosophy has experienced an intensely self-conscious creative transformation. Contemporary Chinese philosophers developed sophisticated positions in many central areas of philosophy and set out to reinterpret the complex inheritance of ancient Chinese philosophy.

Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features leading scholars describing and critically assessing the works of sixteen major twentieth-century Chinese philosophers. The book explores these philosophers' attempts to revive and modernize the Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist, Logicist, Neo-Confucian, and Buddhist schools as well as their critiques of Western thinkers from Plato to Wittgenstein. It demonstrates that the values and achievements of Chinese philosophers offer a gateway to understanding the development of Chinese views of humanity and reality.

This volume enables students and general readers to understand the rich and challenging diversity of issues and positions explored in contemporary Chinese philosophy.

Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features leading scholars describing and critically assessing the works of sixteen major twentieth-century Chinese philosophers. The book explores these philosophers' attempts to revive and modernize the Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist, Logicist, Neo-Confucian, and Buddhist schools as well as their critiques of Western thinkers from Plato to Wittgenstein. It demonstrates that the values and achievements of Chinese philosophers offer a gateway to understanding the development of Chinese views of humanity and reality.

This volume enables students and general readers to understand the rich and challenging diversity of issues and positions explored in contemporary Chinese philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631217258
• ISBN 13: 9780631217251
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Cheng Chung-Ying, Bunnin Nicholas