Invitation to Review Books in Chinese for Dao

From Tongdong Bai:

Dear friends,

As you know, one of my duties is the book review editor in Dao.  I am in charge of the Chinese books section.  That is, I am looking for reviewers who can review recently published books in Chinese on Chinese philosophy.  I have come up with a list of noteworthy books that are published in last year (some earlier).  If you are interested in reviewing any one of them, please let me know.  I’ll have a review copy sent to you (for you to keep).  The detailed requirements of the review can be found in a related link toward the bottom of this message.  I’ll attach the list below. Continue reading →

ISCWP Call for Papers for Pacific Division Meeting of American Philosophical Association, March 27-30, 2013 San Francisco

Dear Colleagues,

The International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy (ISCWP) plans to sponsor one or two panels at next year’s Pacific Division Meeting of APA, which will take place at the Westin St Francis in San Francisco from March 27 to 30, 2013. We hereby invite submissions.

Our Goal: We would like to encourage submissions of individual papers that are comparative, as well as panels which combine philosophers working primarily in Chinese traditions with those working primarily in Western traditions, aimed at promoting more in-depth engagement between the two groups. We have not stipulated any specific themes for the panels, but the Board might organize a panel on “The Idea of Justice: Dialogues cross Traditions.” We especially welcome paper proposals on this topic.

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CFP Deadline extended: "The Art of Morality" Conference

Because new featured speakers have been added to the line-up, the submission deadline for the “The Art of Morality: Developing Moral Sensitivity Across the Curriculum” conference has been extended to August 15, 2012. In addition to Michael Slote’s keynote lecture, Nancy Snow will be speaking on Iris Murdoch and film, and Jesse Prinz will be speaking on Moral Psychology and art. More information is available here.

Classical Daoism – Is There Really Such a Thing? Part 3

[Scott Barnwell posts Part 3 of his series “Classical Daoism – Is There Really Such a Thing?,” parts 1 and 2 of which also appear here and here at WW&W. We’re using the “Reblog” function for the first time. Feel welcome to initiate discussion here or on his own site. In any case, please direct all comments or questions to Scott.  – Manyul]

New Book: Daxue and Zhongyong: Bilingual Edition

I’ve just received a copy of the new Johnston and Wang translation of Daxue and Zhongyong from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press (distributed in the US by Columbia University Press). Since there are quite a few translations of these texts around, and it doesn’t seem that one can get a Table of Contents or much information from the CUP or Amazon websites, I thought I’d share a bit about the volume here.

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Program for Conference on De-Parochializing Political Theory

What should be a fascinating conference on De-Parochializing Political Theory will be held next week at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. The lastest conference program is here; for more information, see the conference website. David Elstein and I are among the participants, so we’ll try to report back.

Poetic Metaphysics of the Dao De Jing

Another in a series of posts by guest blogger Joel Dietz, discussing the metaphysical doctrine of the Dao De Jing. Please address comments to him.

There is a natural relationship between metaphysics and “esoteric” subjects, insofar as metaphysics generally claims to discuss reality in a way that is not perceived by every human being, including often elusive topics such as “God/godhead” or various types of “essence.” It also has a natural relationship with aesthetics, insofar as metaphysical claims are frequently made as a part of artistic creation and evaluation. These frequently introduce a qualitative difference between different artistic works, as exhibited by the famous quip of Mahler, “There was only Beethoven and Richard [Wagner] – and after them, nobody.”

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