Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Dao
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-118-65641-9 (ISBN)
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
Sam Crane is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the 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.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1
1 Key Concepts of Confucianism and Daoism 13
2 Birth 37
3 Childhood 65
4 Work 93
5 Marriage and Family 109
6 Public and Political Life 133
7 End of Life 169
Index 195
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.10.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Blackwell Public Philosophy Series |
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 281 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-65641-5 / 1118656415 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-65641-9 / 9781118656419 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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