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Category Archives: Chinese philosophy – 中國哲學 – 中国哲学
Ideas Wanted for "World Political Thought"
Yale University Press is exploring the possibility of a series called “World Political Thought,” the goal being to publish authoritative English-language editions of important works from the many traditions of political thinking outside of the Euro-American traditions that dominate political theory/political philosophy today. I’m serving as editor for the East Asian part of this project. One early step that we are considering is starting with low-hanging fruit: texts that exist already in obscure and/or out-of-print editions (maybe appended to someone’s dissertation?) that could be spruced up and republished, in order to get the series off the ground rapidly. (The more substantial project of commissioning translations of other texts will also get going, and proceed simultaneously.) Anyone have suggestions? For the time being, I’m mainly interested in the “low-hanging fruit,” but any and all ideas are welcome.
Frontiers of Philosophy in China, Vol. 5, Issue 2
| Research Article | |||
| Mencius’ refutation of Yang Zhu and Mozi and the theoretical implication of Confucian benevolence and love | |||
| Author(s) | Jinglin Li | ||
| DOI | 10.1007/s11466-010-0009-2 | ||
| Online since | May 21, 2010 | ||
| Page | 155 – 178 | ||
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Chinese Philosophy Jobs at National Taiwan University
Always good to see job ads in the field. No Confucianism or Daoism, however. All levels; must be able to teach in Mandarin; to begin February of 2011. Continue reading →
TOC Journal of Chinese Philosophy 37:2
Our own Hagop Sarkissian has a piece in this volume on “The Darker Side of Daoist Primitivism.” Continue reading →
Opportunity for Graduate Students at Oxford
Call for Applications
Graduate Workshop: ‘Research Training in Old Chinese: Text and Textuality’
(Deadline — Friday, 11 June 2010)
Series convenor: Dr Dirk Meyer, The Queen’s College, University of Oxford (dirk.meyer@orinst.ox.ac.uk)
Workshop organizers: Dirk Meyer (dirk.meyer@orinst.ox.ac.uk), Dan Holloway (daniel.holloway@area.ox.ac.uk).
We invite applications from graduate students (at any level) for participation in a workshop, Research Training in Old Chinese: Text and Textuality. Continue reading →
Confucianism and Virtue Ethics Conference
A conference on Confucianism and Virtue Ethics will be taking place in a week in Beijing. Further information is available below. The conference is open to the public. Please contact me if you’d like more information. Continue reading →
D. C. Lau, 1921-2010
I’ve just learned that Professor D. C. Lau, well known to all of us for his translations and scholarly articles, passed away on Monday, April 26. An obituary appears here. For the past few years, Professor Lau had lived on the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Huainanzi Translation and Some Questions about Translation
I’m informed by the publicity editor for Columbia University Press that the new Huainanzi translation is out and that the translators are available to write something about it on this blog or to be interviewed. I’m not sure what kinds of things we might have them address as of yet since very few, if any, of us has had a chance to look at the volume. Any thoughts?
I did have a related set of questions about backgrounds of translators in general, ones that are relevant not only to our specialization but to others, which occurred to me in this context. Most ancient texts that interest philosophers tend to have been translated, at least into English, by non-philosophers — that is, by specialists who have specialized training in other fields than philosophy. Continue reading →
TOC for Dao IX.2 (Summer 2010)
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy
Volume 9, No. 2, June 2010 (not published yet)
