Curie Virág

The Emotions in Early Chinese Philosophy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the genealogy of early Chinese conceptions of emotions, as part of a broader inquiry into evolving conceptions of self, cosmos and the political order. It seeks to explain what was at stake in early philosophical debates over emotions and why the mainstream conception of emotions became authoritative.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190498818
• ISBN-10: 0190498811
• Artikelnr.: 47865465

Autorenporträt

Curie Virág is an Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto and Visiting Faculty in the Department of Philosophy at the Central European University in Budapest.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Emotions and the Integrated Self in the Analects of Confucius
2. Reasons to Care: Redefining the Human Community in Mozi
3. Cosmic Desire and Human Agency in the Daodejing
4. Human Nature and the Pattern of Moral Life in Mencius
5. The Multiple Valences of Emotions in the Zhuangzi
6. The Composite Self and the Fulfillment of Human Nature in Xunzi
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index