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The good is one, its manifestations many : Confucian essays on metaphysics, morals, rituals, institutions, and genders /

Building on his long-standing work in metaphysics and Asian philosophy, Robert Cummings Neville presents a series of essays that cumulatively articulate a contemporary, progressive Confucian position as a global philosophy. Through analysis of the metaphysical and moral traditions of Confucianism, N...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Neville, Robert C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016.
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  • Preface; Chapter One The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many; Ultimacy and Value; Value in Form; Ethics; Chapter Two Contemporary Confucian Cosmopolitanism; Introduction; Decision-Making; Engaging Others; Attaining Wholeness; Identity and Value; Religion and Ontological Piety; Conclusion; Chapter Three Systematic Metaphysics and the Problem of Value; Systematic Metaphysics and Scientific Reductionism; Metaphysics and Our Civilization; A Contemporary Confucian Theory of Value; Chapter Four New Projects for Chinese Philosophy; Creative First-Order Issues; Re-sorting the Canon.
  • Global PortabilityCosmogony; Cosmology; Ritual Studies; Ritual and Culture; Ritual and Politics; Chapter Five Philosophy's Fight between Engagement and Distance: A Confucian Resolution; Philosophy and the Axial Age; Philosophy as Distance; Philosophy as Engagement; Philosophy in the Academy; Confucians in the Academy: Scholar-Officials; Philosophical Cultivation; Chapter Six William Ernest Hocking: The First Boston Confucian; Hocking as a Boston Confucian; Zhu Xi, Science, and World Philosophy; Zhu Xi's Metaphysics; Zhu Xi and Buddhism Compared; Zhu Xi's Lessons for Hocking.
  • Hocking and PragmatismChapter Seven Cheng Chung-ying as a Constructive Philosopher; Cheng's Contemporary Sources; Speculative Interpretation; Interpretation of Classic Texts; System; Philosophic Truth over Interpretation; Cheng's Challenges; Chapter Eight Wu Kuang-ming as One of Three Stooges; One of Three Stooges; Wu's Daoism; Confucian Scotism; Comparison: Daoism and Confucianism; Chapter Nine Spiritual Foundations of Chinese Culture; Introduction; An Ecological Model of Religion; Religion and Spirituality Defined; Chinese Culture Intact; Chinese Culture Not Intact.
  • Chapter Ten Selfhood and Value: Pragmatism, Confucianism, and PhenomenologyExperiential Frames and Phenomenology; Interactive Experience and Ritual: The Western Contribution of Confucianism; The Self; Chapter Eleven Individuation and Ritual; Ritual and Xunzi; Individuation; Otherness; Ritual Abuse; Chapter Twelve Authority in Social Institutions, Accountability, and Credibility; Sincerity in Authority; Communitarianism versus Individualism; Perceived Credibility and Sincerity; Conditions for Credibility; Chapter Thirteen Confucianism and Toleration; What Is Confucianism?
  • Toleration, In-groups, and Out-groupsToleration and Narrative; Toleration and Personal Respect; Toleration and Harmony: The Ethical Metaphysics of Principle; Some Confucian Morals of Toleration; Chapter Fourteen Confucian Humaneness across Social Barriers; "Love with Distinctions"; Ritual Theory; Humaneness, Ritual, and Otherness; Chapter Fifteen Confucianism and the Feminist Revolution: Ritual Definition and the Social Construction of Gender Roles; Introduction; Nature, Society, and Persons; Ritual; Gender Roles and Rituals; Observations on Transformation; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography.