Jingyi Jenny Zhao

Aristotle and Xunzi on Shame, Moral Education, and the Good Life

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite recent developments in the history of emotions and in comparative studies, sustained cross-cultural comparative studies of the emotions remain few and far between. Jingyi Jenny Zhao has produced the first major work that takes two philosophers from the ancient Greek and early Chinese traditions to stimulate discussion of an interdisciplinary nature on the rich and complex topic of the emotions-in particular, of shame. It features comparative analysis of Greek and Chinese texts while bringing the ancient materials to bear on modern controversies such as the role of shame in moral education and social cohesion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780197773161
• ISBN-10: 0197773168
• Artikelnr.: 69722125

Autorenporträt

Jingyi Jenny Zhao is ISF Academy Senior Research Fellow at the Needham Research Institute and Needham Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. Her research takes a cross-cultural comparative perspective on the ancient Greek and early Chinese philosophical traditions. She is co-editor and contributor of Ancient Greece and China Compared, and was interviewed for the BBC documentary Story of China.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Aristotle and Xunzi - Their Times, Texts, and Audiences
2. Mapping the Vocabulary of 'Shame'
3. Human Nature and the Social Basis for Communities
4. Shame and the Path to Moral Goodness
5. Social Institutions and the Politics of Moral Education
Epilogue