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  • Three Streams

    Confucian Reflections on Learning and the Moral Heart-Mind in China, Korea, and Japan

    Recent interest in Confucianism has a tendency to suffer from essentialism and idealism, manifested in a variety of ways. One example is to think of Confucianism in terms of the views attributed to one representative of the tradition, such as Kongzi (Confucius) (551-479 BCE) or Mengzi (Mencius) (372 - 289 BCE) or one school or strand of the tradition, most often the strand or tradition associated ... Read more

    $102.39 CAD

  • Confucian Reflections

    Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times

    Confucian Reflections: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times is about the early Chinese Confucian classic the "Analects" Lunyu, attributed to the founder of the Confucian tradition, Kongzi (551-479 bce) and who is more commonly referred to as "Confucius" in the West. Philip J. Ivanhoe argues that the Analects is as relevant and important today as it has proven to be over the course of its more than 2000 ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • The Reception and Rendition of Freud in China

    China’s Freudian Slip

    Edited by Tao Jiang, Philip J. Ivanhoe ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    Although Freud makes only occasional, brief references to China and Chinese culture in his works, for almost a hundred years many leading Chinese intellectuals have studied and appropriated various Freudian theories. However, whilst some features of Freud’s views have been warmly embraced from the start and appreciated for their various explanatory and therapeutic values, other aspects have been ... Read more

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  • Oneness

    East Asian Conceptions of Virtue, Happiness, and How We Are All Connected

    At the center of a constellation of key ideas in East Asian philosophical traditions, there lies a conception of oneness among human beings. Human beings are intricately and inextricably intertwined and share a common destiny with other people, creatures, and things. The ramifications of this idea are wide-reaching, and resonate with important debates and concerns in contemporary Western ... Read more

    $62.39 CAD

  • Korean Women Philosophers and the Ideal of a Female Sage

    Essential Writings of Im Yungjidang and Gang Jeongildang

    Series series OXFORD NEW HISTORIES PHILOSOPHY SERIES
    Korean Women Philosophers and the Ideal of a Female Sage introduces the lives and ideas of two female Korean Confucian philosophers from the late Joseon Dynasty (18th-19th century), Im Yunjidang (1721-1793) and Gang Jeongildang (1772-1832), examining how their writings contribute to contemporary philosophical inquiry. Both philosophers are known for arguing that women are as capable as men of ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • On Ethics and History

    Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng

    Zhang Xuecheng (1738–1801) has primarily been read as a philosopher of history. This volume presents him as an ethical philosopher with a distinctive understanding of the aims and methods of Confucian self-cultivation. Offered in English translation for the first time, this collection of Zhang's essays and letters should challenge our current understanding of this Qing dynasty philosopher. On ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Zhu Xi

    Selected Writings

    Series series Oxford Chinese Thought
    This volume contains nine chapters of translation, by a range of leading scholars, focusing on core themes in the philosophy of Zhu Xi (1130-1200), one of the most influential Chinese thinkers of the later Confucian tradition. It includes an Introduction to Zhu's life and thought, a chronology of important events in his life, and a list of key terms of art. Zhu Xi's philosophy offers the most ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • Confucianism and Catholicism

    Reinvigorating the Dialogue

    Confucianism and Catholicism, among the most influential religious traditions, share an intricate relationship. Beginning with the work of Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), the nature of this relationship has generated great debate. These ten essays synthesize in a single volume this historic conversation. Written by specialists in both traditions, the essays are organized into two groups. Those in the ... Read more

    $63.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mencius

    by Mencius ...
    Translated by Irene Bloom ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Known throughout East Asia as Mengzi, or "Master Meng," Mencius (391-308 B.C.E.) was a Chinese philosopher of the late Zhou dynasty, an instrumental figure in the spread of the Confucian tradition, and a brilliant illuminator of its ideas. Mencius was active during the Warring States Period (403-221 B.C.E.), in which competing powers sought to control the declining Zhou empire. Like Confucius, ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • Confucianism, A Habit of the Heart

    Bellah, Civil Religion, and East Asia

    Employs Robert Bellah's notion of civil religion to explore East Asia's Confucian revival.Can Confucianism be regarded as a civil religion for East Asia? This book explores this question, bringing the insights of Robert Bellah to a consideration of various expressions of the contemporary Confucian revival. Bellah identified American civil religion as a religious dimension of life that can be found ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Traditional Korean Philosophy

    Problems and Debates

    Series series
    This unique volume of original essays presents in-depth analyses of representative periods, problems, and debates within the long and rich history of Korean philosophy. It provides the reader with a sense of the problems that motivated thinkers within the tradition and the kinds of arguments that characterize their reflections. With contributions from some of the best and most significant ... Read more

    $71.69 CAD

  • The Oneness Hypothesis

    Beyond the Boundary of Self

    The idea that the self is inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world—the “oneness hypothesis”—can be found in many of the world’s philosophical and religious traditions. Oneness provides ways to imagine and achieve a more expansive conception of the self as fundamentally connected with other people, creatures, and things. Such views present profound challenges to Western ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD