A colleague of someone I know wonders who might be able and willing to contribute a chapter in a Routledge volume on Asian political thought on any of the following topics:
Confucianism beyond China
Ming Patriots (Critical Confucianism)
Buddhist Political Thought around Asia
Please contact me (mim@fairfield.edu) if you or someone you know qualifies. Cheers.
Friend of the blog, Amod Lele, and a group of Indian Philosophy scholars have launched The Indian Philosophy Blog. We welcome it to the comparative philosophy blogosphere!
The list of contributors includes: Douglas Berger, Jason Birch, Daniele Cuneo, Matthew Dasti, Aleix Ruiz Falqués, Elisa Freschi, Elon Goldstein, Stephen Harris, Amod Lele, Ethan Mills, Andrew Ollett, Shyam Ranganathan, Agnieszka Rostalska, Justin Whitaker, and Mike Williams.
Friend of the blog, Scott Barnwell, shares part 4.3 of his extensive study of classical Daoism.
You will find a lengthy PREVIEW below — footnote links send you to the article posted on his own blog. Comments are welcome here; please address comments to Scott.
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Mysticism, Self-Cultivation and Longevity
Courtesy of Eric Nelson:
Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy Sessions
The American Philosophical Association, Central Division
Palmer House Hilton hotel, Chicago February 27 – March 1, 2014
[Posting for Tim Connolly – please direct comments to him]
The consensus approach to comparative philosophy draws on Rawls’ idea of “overlapping consensus,” in which adherents of different religious or philosophical worldviews reach an agreement on certain shared norms, though based on their own individual reasons which are not necessarily compatible with one another.
From Princeton University Press, what looks to be a very useful resource:
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The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
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From Routledge comes this announcement about a book by one of our blog contributors, Chenyang Li. There is also information about a 20% discount promotion from Routledge in this promotional flier.
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The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony Routledge 2013
by Chenyang Li
Harmony is a concept essential to Confucianism and to the way of life of past and present people in East Asia. Integrating methods of textual exegesis, historical investigation, comparative analysis, and philosophical argumentation, this book presents a comprehensive treatment of the Confucian philosophy of harmony.
The book traces the roots of the concept to antiquity, examines its subsequent development, and explicates its theoretical and practical significance for the contemporary world. It argues that, contrary to a common view in the West, Confucian harmony is not mere agreement but has to be achieved and maintained with creative tension. Under the influence of a Weberian reading of Confucianism as “adjustment” to a world with an underlying fixed cosmic order, Confucian harmony has been systematically misinterpreted in the West as presupposing an invariable grand scheme of things that pre-exists in the world to which humanity has to conform. The book shows that Confucian harmony is a dynamic, generative process, which seeks to balance and reconcile differences and conflicts through creativity.
Just stating what should be visually obvious to you on the far right menu. Cheers.
[Moved up on 10/09 with corrected dates]
From Chenyang Li:
The MA and PhD programs in Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore invites applications from students wishing to study philosophy in a comparative perspective, especially in the areas of Chinese philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of science. The university (which is 41st in QS 2013 World University Ranking) offers generous financial packages to qualified students. PhD students upon Confirmation receive a $30,000 annual stipend, a $5000 conference travel fund, plus full tuition waver. Applicants should submit an application including a writing sample and two letters of recommendation by November 15, 2013 to ensure consideration for August 2014 intake. For more information, please go to http://philosophy.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/OurProgramme.aspx or contact Chenyang Li at cyli@ntu.edu.sg
Great piece!
“Picture a world where human relationships are challenging, narcissism and self-centeredness are on the rise, and there is disagreement on the best way for people to live harmoniously together.
It sounds like 21st-century America. But the society that Michael Puett, a tall, 48-year-old bespectacled professor of Chinese history at Harvard University, is describing to more than 700 rapt undergraduates is China, 2,500 years ago.
Puett’s course Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory has become the third most popular course at the university….”
Where to buy this ebook