Ignorance is Bliss: The Chinese Art of Not Knowing

by Matthyssen, Mieke

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Title Statements

Full title :Ignorance is Bliss: The Chinese Art of Not Knowing / by Mieke Matthyssen.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (XXII, 380 p. 12 illus., 10 illus. in color. :) : online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030739027, 3030739023, 9783030739010, 3030739015
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-73902-7.
oclc:on1266515436
LC Classification:BF1-990
Dewey Decimal:155.8

1. Introduction: The Chinese Art of Not Knowing -- 2. The Daoist Sage Fool and the Confucian Learned Man -- 3. The Art of Not Knowing: A Scholar's Paradox -- 4. The Modern Wisdom of Playing Dumb -- 5. The Wisdom of Playing Dumb in Practice -- 6. The Psycho-Social Appeal of the Wisdom of Playing Dumb -- 7. The Moral Code of Playing Dumb -- 8. Conclusion: The Culture of Vagueness in Transition -- 9. Postscript: Hutu at the Crossroads of Knowledge and Information (Louise Sundararajan).

Subjects

Anthropologie anthropology Asia Asian Culture Clinical psychology Cross Cultural Psychology Ethnologie -- Asie Ethnology Ethnology -- Asia Ethnopsychologie ethnopsychology Philosophie Philosophy Philosophy (General) Psychologie clinique Psychology, Clinical RELIGION religion (discipline) Religious Studies, general