CLT2 on Deng Xiaomang Freely Available

The second double-issue of Chinese Literature and Thought Today (CLT2) has been published and the press is running a free access period of this issue till March 31, 2023. All contents of the issue can be viewed and downloaded on the Taylor & Francis website during this period:
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/mcsp21/current?fbclid=IwAR2B6C7F6mIAHO89EKD0AtLDXZIGxUBHx0nEJuQDnWvorMZCeal9xMC3iFU

Chinese Literature and Thought Today (or CLT2) is a merger of Chinese Literature Today and Contemporary Chinese Thought. In this double issue, there is a section devoted to the thought and cultural criticism of Deng Xiaomang that is translated, and introduced by Jens Karlsson. Check it out!

New Podcast on Growing Moral: A Confucian Guide to Life

David Sherrin is a high school social studies teacher who hosts a terrific series of conversations called
“Conversations on World History” aimed at a broad listenership. He and I recently chatted about themes from my book Growing Moral: A Confucian Guide to Life; if you’re interested, check it out at any of these sites:

  1. Apple
  2. Spotify
  3. Podbean
  4. iHeart

Jiang, Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China receives Honorable Mention for Levenson Prize

The Association for Asian Studies has just announced that Tao Jiang’s book Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China: Contestation of Humaneness, Justice, and Personal Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2021), has received an Honorable Mention for the 2023 Joseph Levenson Prize for distinguished scholarship on pre-1900 China. There will be a panel on the book at the Central APA on Friday next week, Feb. 24, in Denver. Congrats, Tao!

Ivanhoe and Lederman on Wang Yangming

In the most recent issue of the Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture, P. J. Ivanhoe published an essay engaging with Harvey Lederman’s account of Wang Yangming titled “The Introspective, Perceptual, and Spontaneous Response Models of Wang Yangming’s Philosophy.” Lederman has published a reply, currently uploaded to PhilPapers here. Enjoy!

PS–the Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture website was down for a week or more, apparently because Sungkyunkwan University (the host of JCPC) decided to block overseas access to protect itself from a spate of attacks from Chinese hackers … but the site is back up now and hopefully will remain so!

Articles on Confucianism and Just War

Two articles on Confucianism and Just War have been published in the latest Philosophy Compass:

Enjoy!

Article of Interest: Extending Kindness: A Confucian Account

Waldemar Brys’ article “Extending Kindness: A Confucian Account” has recently been published in the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. In this article, Brys argues that kindness cannot do all the theoretical work that Mengzi wants it to do if one interprets it as an emotion. Brys concludes in this article that the notion of extending kindness is best understood as the exercise of a capacity for intelligently performing kind actions. Please click here to read the article.