Springer has recently published issue 22:1 of Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. In this issue there are 14 different articles. Please read below for a table of contents.
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!
New Book: The Future of China’s Past
SUNY Press has recently published a new book titled The Future of China’s Past: Reflections on the Meaning of China’s Rise by Albert Welter. This book examines how China’s traditional culture is being reinvented and manipulated for political purposes. Please click here for more information on the book.
ISCWP January 2023 Newsletter
The ISCWP January 2023 Newsletter, which includes members’ updates and a call for book manuscripts, is available here: http://www.iscwp.org/news.html.
Articles on Confucianism and Just War
Two articles on Confucianism and Just War have been published in the latest Philosophy Compass:
- Sungmoon Kim, “The Violence of the Benevolent Ruler: Classical Confucianism and Punitive Expedition“
- Kurtis Hagen, “Mencius and Xunzi on the legitimate use of offensive force: A pacifistic critique of recent just war interpretations“
Enjoy!
ToC: Asian Philosophy 33:1
Issue 33:1 of Asian Philosophy has been published. In this issue, published in January 2023, there are six articles. Read below for the table of contents.
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.
Workshop on Jiwei Ci’s Political Philosophy
On February 6 (10:00-18:00 PT), there will be a hybrid workshop dedicated to Professor Jiwei Ci’s political philosophy at UC Berkeley. Scan the QR Code in the poster or use this link to register for Zoom participation:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhG-aRrcDNOWEU7THIJlVlLI_AOHlAFm-rhEOSvmcq9oQsSw/viewform
Prof. Ci recently retired from the Department of Philosophy at HKU, where he had taught for decades. Throughout his career, he dedicates himself to the study of important theoretical questions about agency, morality, and democracy by reflecting upon key issues in contemporary China. His scholarship revolutionizes the way of theorizing Chinese politics through the lens of political theory and intellectual history.
Online Lecture: How to Produce Learning: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Neo-Confucian Knowledge Culture
How to Produce Learning: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Neo-Confucian Knowledge Culture (1200-1700)
Speaker: Dr. Lianbin Dai, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria
Moderator: Prof. Nathan Vedal, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
Time: 2:00-3:30 P.M. EST, Wednesday, February 1, 2023
