Thinking Through Confucian Modernity

A Study of Mou Zongsan's Moral Metaphysics
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-21553-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 255 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Modern Chinese Philosophy

Mou Zongsan (1909-1995) was one of the major Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century, whose entire intellectual enterprise consisted of rethinking the relevance in the modern age of Chinese thought in general and Confucianism in particular. Although his seminal work is now a reference point everywhere in the Chinese world, research on the topic in English remains scarce. This book explores a pivotal dimension of Mou’s philosophy—that is, his project of reconstructing a moral metaphysics based largely on a dialogue between reinterpreted Chinese thought and Kantism. It provides the reader with direct access to Mou Zongsan’s thought by introducing translated excerpts of his work and thoroughly explores a number of his most paradigmatic concepts.

Zielgruppe

Students of and specialists in Chinese philosophy and intellectual history, Confucianism, comparative philosophy, and all those interested in the reception to Western philosophy in China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Billioud, Sébastien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Konfuzianismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1. Setting the Ground for a True Autonomy of the Moral Subject
Chapter 2. Appropriating a Pivotal Concept: Intellectual Intuition
Chapter 3. Intellectual Intuition and Thing-in-Itself: Preserving the Possibility of a “Transcendent Metaphysics”
Chapter 4. Rethinking Fundamental Ontology
Chapter 5. Moral Emotions and “Inter-Affectation”
Chapter 6. Self-Cultivation
Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Billioud, Sébastien
Sébastien Billioud, Ph.D. in Chinese studies (University Paris Diderot, 2004), is Associate Professor of Chinese Civilization at University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité. His research focuses on Confucianism in contemporary China with a cross-disciplinary approach in intellectual history and anthropology.