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Dao Companion to the Philosophy of the Daodejing

Beschreibung

This comprehensive collection introduces the rich and deep textual and philosophical ideas related to the received Daodejing. Readers will find out, for example, why Daodejing continues to greatly influence our ways of thinking and living worldwide. How can ancient Chinese philosophy respond to contemporary cultural concerns and interests? How can we develop a philosophy of the Daodejing while critically engaging with textual resources? And finally, how can future research benefit and develop from current debates?

This volume has eight parts, collecting 41 chapters. Part 1 discusses textual and historical issues of excavated texts and received versions of the Daodejing, its linguistic features in these different versions, and influential translations. Part 2 examines key ideas in the Daodejing. Part 3 asks how other early Chinese texts debate with, and develop the Daodejing-related texts. Part 4 introduces several influential commentaries on the Daodejing. Part 5 highlights ancient intellectual and religious interactions with the Daodejing that are overlooked in contemporary philosophical inquiry. Part 6 brings new questions to the ancient texts, and explores how they can respond to contemporary concerns on the basis of textual studies. Part 7 turns to modern perspectives on the Daodejing. Part 8 presents comparative studies of the Daodejing.

Autor

Dr. LIU Xiaogan has retired as professor and director of the International Graduate Programme at the School of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University, and professor of the philosophy department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also taught and conducted research at Peking University, NUS, Harvard, and Princeton. He has received numerous awards and prizes for excellence in research and teaching in Beijing, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Dr. YUAN Ai is an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University. Her research has received several awards and questions why we should care about nonverbal communication in early China, how we can understand intentions, emotions and relations nonverbally, and how ideas are created through communication.

Produktdetails

• Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy 20
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-032-00105-4
• Seitenzahl: 890
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm
• ISBN-13: 9783032001054
• Artikelnr.: 74948573