The 2014 Nothereast Conference on Chinese Thought (NECCT) will be held at Central Connecticut State University this November. Attendance is free, but requires advance registration. Please see here for the schedule and other details. Speakers and other out-of-town attendees will find information on location, lodging, etc.
Category Archives: Chinese philosophy – 中國哲學 – 中国哲学
Hutton’s Xunzi Translaton Published
Xunzi: The Complete Text
Princeton University Press would like to announce the publication of Eric Hutton’s new translation of Xunzi.
“This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought. Through essays, poetry, dialogues, and anecdotes, the Xunzi articulates a Confucian perspective on ethics, politics, warfare, language, psychology, human nature, ritual, and music, among other topics. Aimed at general readers and students of Chinese thought, Eric Hutton’s translation makes the full text of this important work more accessible in English than ever before.
New Book: Patriotism in East Asia
Jun-Hyeok Kwak (Soongsil University; website here) writes:
I am very pleased to inform you that Patriotism in East Asia in the Routledge Series of Political Theories in East Asia has just been published. Please
find the website here in case you are interested. This volume contributes to the debates surrounding patriotism and nationalism in East Asia, and investigates the feasibility of non-enthnocentric patriotism in countries across the region.
Dao Article Discussion: Curzer on Harris
The latest in our series of discussion pieces on recent articles published in Dao, here we have Howard Curzer (Texas Tech), an Aristotle sepcialist who has also developed an interest in early Confucianism, commenting on Thorian Harris’s essay. For Harris’s piece, click here.
“ARISTOTLE AND CONFUCIUS ON THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF SHAME”
BY THORIAN HARRIS, COMMENT BY HOWARD J. CURZER
CONVERGENCE
Harris begins by combining and fleshing out Aristotle’s scattered, elliptical remarks about the sense of shame in an admirably charitable and plausible way….
On Templeton Foundation Grants
I have recently begun a term on the Advisory Board of the John Templeton Foundation (JTF). I know that there has been considerable discussion of effects of JTF’s funding on the field over the years, but based just on my own limited interaction with current JTF leadership, staff, and other advisors, I find the Foundation’s current approach to supporting work in philosophy to be open and commendable. In fact, JTF’s core commitment to challenging mainstream views within our discipline is increasingly leading the Foundation to recognize the role that non-Western philosophy can play in furthering its objectives.
To that end, I want to call attention to the current possibility of applying to JTF for funding:
As part of its fall open submission cycle, the John Templeton Foundation welcomes online funding inquiries in the areas of philosophy and theology. The submission window is August 1 to October 1, 2014. Proposed philosophical projects need not have religion or theology as a focus. To submit an online funding inquiry, please visithttp://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/our-grantmaking-process.
Please note that the Templeton Foundation does not normally provide dissertation fellowships through this open submission process. For more information on the kinds of projects that the Foundation can support, visit http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/core-funding-areas/science-and-the-big-questions.
Philosophy’s Western bias and what can be done about it
A post at New APPS by Christian Coseru, with Owen Flanagan, Eric Schwitzgebel, and Jonardon Ganeri weighing in thus far in the comments section.
CHE Article: “The Toxic History of Philosophy’s Racism”
I thought this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education may be of interest to readers of the blog (even while I am in no position to evaluate the historical claims made). Some highlights:
A particular weakness of many humanities canons remains their scant or nonexistent attention to material outside of Europe and North America, their historical dismissal of South Asian, East Asian, and African achievement due to ignorance and condescending Orientalism. Although philosophy is probably the worst among humanities disciplines in this respect, it’s hardly alone..
Reminder: Proposals for Rutgers Workshop
I’d like to remind everyone about the exciting opportunity afforded by the planned third Rutgers Workshop in Chinese Philosophy, still a long way away (Spring, 2016) but in need of your proposal now! The deadline is Sept. 30, 2014. See below to be reminded of the details.
DeBary at Columbia Neo-Confucianism Seminar
The first session of the Columbia University Seminar on Neo-Confucian Studies for the 2014-2015 academic year will convene Friday, October 3 from 3:30 to 5:30pm in the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. At this session we will celebrate the work of Prof. Wm. Theodore de Bary, who was recently awarded a 2013 National Humanities Medal.
New Book: Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy
I’m pleased to announce the publication of our reader in post-classical Chinese philosophy.
I’ll put the details below the fold, but it might help to have a quick summary of some the book’s most noteworthy (or at least distinctive) advantages.
- Better selections than Chan’s Sourcebook, including several overlooked gems and works on and by women
- Consistent translations of key terms and oft-quoted passages
- Begone Wade-Giles!
