Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Dao / Blackwell Public Philosophy Series (ePub)
Ancient Chinese Thought in Modern American Life
(Sprache: Englisch)
This highly original work introduces the ideas and arguments of the ancient Chinese philosophies of Confucianism and Daoism to some of the most intractable social issues of modern American life, including abortion, gay marriage, and assisted suicide.
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This highly original work introduces the ideas and arguments of the ancient Chinese philosophies of Confucianism and Daoism to some of the most intractable social issues of modern American life, including abortion, gay marriage, and assisted suicide.
* Introduces the precepts of ancient Chinese philosophers to issues they could not have anticipated
* Relates Daoist and Confucian ideas to problems across the arc of modern human life, from birth to death
* Provides general readers with a fascinating introduction to Chinese philosophy, and its continued relevance
* Offers a fresh perspective on highly controversial American debates, including abortion, stem cell research, and assisted suicide
* Introduces the precepts of ancient Chinese philosophers to issues they could not have anticipated
* Relates Daoist and Confucian ideas to problems across the arc of modern human life, from birth to death
* Provides general readers with a fascinating introduction to Chinese philosophy, and its continued relevance
* Offers a fresh perspective on highly controversial American debates, including abortion, stem cell research, and assisted suicide
Autoren-Porträt von Sam Crane
Sam Crane is Professor of Political Science and Chair ofthe Department of Political Science at Williams College, USA.
Conversant in Mandarin, which he began learning while researching
his doctoral thesis in the 1980s, he first visited China in 1983,
and is a former faculty member of the John Hopkins academic campus
in Nanjing. Author of The Political Economy of China's
Special Economic Zones (1990), The Theoretical Evolution of
International Political Economy (1991), and the highly personal
Aidan's Way: The Story of a Boy's Life and a
Father's Journey (2003), about life with his profoundly
disabled son, Crane has long been fascinated by ancient Chinese
philosophy, particularly the classical texts of the pre-imperial
era.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sam Crane
- 2013, 1. Auflage, 216 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1118563298
- ISBN-13: 9781118563298
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.08.2013
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