Hello all, I will be giving a talk on the future of Confucianism in America at the San Francisco City Library on Sunday, September 29. It will be on the third floor at 1:30pm. All are welcome.
September 28, 2019
by Ben Hammer
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Category Archives: Popular Culture
July 21, 2019
by Bill Haines
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Book: The Global Encyclopedia of Informality
While scouring the web for freebies this morning, I came across something that may be of interest to many readers here: The Global Encyclopedia of Informality, University College London, 2018, in two volumes. http://oapen.org/search?identifier=642570;keyword=informality Here’s the table of … Continue reading
March 13, 2019
by Hans-Georg Moeller
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New episodes of The Issue is Not The Issue
The Issue is Not the Issue: A Podcast with Hans-Georg Moeller and Dan Sarafinas https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfs0MY7rs8J6jWlCdneoPVQ Hans-Georg Moeller and Dan Sarafinas discuss contemporary debates on “political correctness” and related moral and social issues. They point to concepts such as virtue … Continue reading
December 28, 2018
by Hans-Georg Moeller
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The Issue is Not the Issue: A Podcast with Hans-Georg Moeller and Dan Sarafinas
Hans-Georg Moeller and Dan Sarafinas discuss contemporary debates on “political correctness” and related moral and social issues. They point to concepts such as virtue speech (“virtue signalling”), civil religion, and the role of critique to better understand their nature. Episode 1–Virtue Speech: … Continue reading
May 2, 2017
by Steve Angle
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Confucianism Podcasts
Robert Neville and Bin SONG are interviewed about several topics related to Confucianism (or Ruism) in series of podcasts produced by the student team of the Howard Thurman Center at Boston University. They are available here. The series’ topics include: … Continue reading
August 23, 2015
by Tim Connolly
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Tsai Chih Chung animated cartoons available on YouTube
Including his versions of Zhuangzi, Laozi, and Zen!
August 20, 2015
by Tim Connolly
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Genius of the Ancient World: Buddha, Socrates, Confucius
A new three-part series from BBC Four. The first two episodes, on Buddha and Socrates, are available online. Just from watching the first few minutes, it seems like there is a heavy influence of Jaspers’ “Axial Age” theory. If you’ve … Continue reading
December 4, 2014
by Tim Connolly
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Explaining Daoism with help from RZA
Here.
November 30, 2014
by Dan Robins
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CFP: Education and the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
This is a call for submissions to a special issue of the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory, which will be edited by Liz Jackson and Timothy O’Leary of the University of Hong Kong. The Umbrella Movement, a student-led series of … Continue reading
October 5, 2014
by Tim Connolly
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Why do many Americans still say “Confucius say”?
Confucius valued careful and serious speech. One passage in the Analects says that a person can be judged as wise or unwise on the basis of a single sentence. So how is it possible that for many Americans, the first … Continue reading
