"The Yiguandao (Way of Pervading Unity) was one of the major redemptive societies of Republican China. It is nowadays one of the largest and most influential religious movements of the Chinese world and at the same time one of the least known and understood. From its powerful ba…
"The Yiguandao (Way of Pervading Unity) was one of the major redemptive societies of Republican China. It is nowadays one of the largest and most influential religious movements of the Chinese world and at the same time one of the least known and understood. From its powerful ba…
After a century during which Confucianism was viewed by academics as a relic of the imperial past or, at best, a philosophical resource, its striking comeback in Chinese society today raises a number of questions about the role that this ancient tradition might play in a contemp…
"Although the development of a 'popular' brand of Confucianism in China is today a massive phenomenon, research on the topic remains scarce. Based on field-work carried out by a team of scholars in different parts of the country, the ambition of The Varieties of Confucian Experi…
"Although the development of a 'popular' brand of Confucianism in China is today a massive phenomenon, research on the topic remains scarce. Based on field-work carried out by a team of scholars in different parts of the country, the ambition of The Varieties of Confucian Experi…
This book explores a pivotal dimension of Mou Zongsan's philosophy--that is, his project of reconstructing a moral metaphysics based largely on a dialogue between reinterpreted Chinese thought and Kantism--and thoroughly analyzes a number of his most paradigmatic concepts.
Mou Zongsan (1909-1995) was one of the major Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century, whose entire intellectual enterprise consisted of rethinking the relevance in the modern age of Chinese thought in general and Confucianism in particular. Although his seminal work is now…
This book explores a pivotal dimension of Mou Zongsan's philosophy-that is, his project of reconstructing a moral metaphysics based largely on a dialogue between reinterpreted Chinese thought and Kantism-and thoroughly analyzes a number of his most paradigmatic concepts.