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With the rise of China in the 21st century, this book offers a trans-cultural and thematic study of key Chinese concepts which influence modern day Chinese thinking across the spheres of politics, economics and society. It reflects on the major schools of Chinese thought including Confucianism, Daoism and Zen Buddhism, providing a historical perspective on the ideological development of China in terms of the relationship between man and nature, social ethics, political governance, poetry education, aesthetic criticism and art theory. It also explores primary aspects of Chinese poetics and aesthetics with reference to the interaction between the endogenous theories and their western counterparts. Written by a leader in Chinese Aesthetics against the background of both globalization and glocalization at home and abroad, this is a key read for all those interested in the cultural, philosophical and aesthetic underpinnings of contemporary China.

Philosophy, Asian. --- China-History. --- Ethnology-Asia. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- History of China. --- Asian Culture. --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- China—History. --- Ethnology—Asia.

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The development of phenomenological philosophy in Japan is a well-established tradition that reaches back to the early 20th-century. The past decades have witnessed significant contributions and advances in different areas of phenomenological thought in Japan that remain unknown, or only partially known, to an international philosophical public. This volume offers a selection of original phenomenological research in Japan to an international audience in the form of an English language publication. The contributions in this volume range over classical figures in the phenomenological movement (Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Merleau-Monty), recent trends in French phenomenology, and contemporary inter-disciplinary approaches. In addition to this diverse engagement with European thinkers, many of the contributions in this volume establish critical and complimentary discussions with 20th-century Japanese philosophers.

Philosophy, Japanese --- Phenomenology --- Study and teaching --- Phenomenology. --- Hermeneutics. --- Phenomenology . --- Philosophy, Asian. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- Interpretation, Methodology of --- Criticism --- Philosophy, Modern --- J1640 --- Japan: Philosophy -- metaphysics --- Philosophy, Japanese - 20th century --- Phenomenology - Study and teaching

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This Key Concepts pivot discusses the significance of the ancient Chinese concept of xìng or ‘Association’ in defining Chinese civilization and thought through the centuries. An approach unique to literary creation in China, xìng highlights the importance Chinese civilization sets by the integration of intellect, emotion and will into a highly consistent concept across its personal and public spheres. The book explores how the concept has been a widely used creative technique even in the earliest collections of Chinese poems, using metaphor and symbolism to set the scene and indicate thoughts and emotions invested in the vehicle of metaphor, as well as its impact on Chinese literature and philosophy as a domain of multiple meanings in classical Chinese aesthetics.

Chinese literature --- History and criticism. --- Philosophy, Asian. --- Oriental literature. --- China-History. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- Asian Literature. --- History of China. --- Asian literature --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- China—History.

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This book uses the mutual interactions between Chinese and Western culture as a point of departure in order to concisely introduce the origins and evolution of Chinese culture at the aspects of constitution, thinking, values and atheistic. This book also analyzes utensil culture, constitution culture and ideology culture, which were perfected by absorbing classic arguments from academia. As such, the book offers an essential guide to understanding the development, civilization and key ideologies in Chinese history, and will thus help to promote Chinese culture and increase cultural awareness.

Philosophy, Asian. --- China-History. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- History of China. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- China—History. --- Culture. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- Manners and customs. --- China --- Civilization.

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This Key Concepts pivot considers the fundamental Chinese cultural ideal of harmony (hé/和). Historically originating from Confucianism, the concept of harmony sits at the heart of Chinese traditional culture, which is characteristically morality-based and harmony-conscious due to the central role of pragmatic reason and wisdom nurtured through Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Legalism and other schools of thought. This pivot delineates the rationale of the Chinese philosophy of harmony and its implications for modern social practices worldwide. It notably reexamines the relevance of hé beyond the realm of philosophy, and how this concept can impact on modern day human relations, amongst individuals and families as well as on a wider societal scale. It explores how hé can affect perspectives on political interaction, international relations and human conflict, as well as the interaction between man and nature. Addressing the inevitable tension between theory and practice, this book argues for the very real relevance of hé in 21st century cultural, social, political and economic spheres in China and beyond.

Harmony (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Asian. --- Ethnology-Asia. --- Philosophy, classical. --- Philosophy. --- Social sciences. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- Asian Culture. --- Classical Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Man. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- Ethnology—Asia. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy