{"product_id":"vital-postsecular-perspectives-on-chinese-philosophical-issues-9781498593564","title":"Vital PostSecular Perspectives on Chinese","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVital Post-Secular Perspectives on Chinese Philosophical Issues presents a number of contemporary philosophical issues from a wide range of Chinese philosophical texts, figures, and sub-traditions that are usually not addressed in English studies of Chinese philosophical traditions. Lauren F. Pfister presents new perspectives in three parts: the first part offers critical perspectives on the life and works of one of the most significant 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century Chinese philosophers and historian of Chinese philosophical traditions, Feng Youlan (1895-1990); the second part explores questions related to Ruist (Confucian) theism and the complicated textual developments within two canonical Ruist texts, ending with a critique of a 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century translation and interpretation of one of those two classical texts; the third part presents philosophical assessments of 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century cultural issues that have had immense social and interpretive impacts in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePermissions and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMethodological Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Post-Secular Reflections on Recharacterizing Chinese Philosophical Traditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Prefatory Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Insights into the Professional Philosopher Féng Yǒulán’s 冯友兰 (馮友蘭1895-1990) Life and Works”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Concerns related to a Relevant Philosophy of History for Chinese Philosophy” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Post-Secular Insights into Ruist Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrefatory Note \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Insights into the 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century Jesuit Rendering of ‘Confucianism’ ” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Revelations regarding the Dàxué大學and the Zhōngyōng中庸” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Musings on a Secularist Philosophical Translation and Interpretation of The Zhōngyōng中庸”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Aspects of Post-Traditional Chinese Society and their Philosophical Reconsideration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrefatory Note \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Critiques of 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century Utopian Projects in China” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Critique of the Contemporary Phenomenon of ‘Human Flesh Search [Engines]’ in the PRC”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Post-Secular Ponderings on Sageliness and Saintliness”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Unconcluding Post-Secular Reflections on Contemporary Studies of Chinese Philosophical Traditions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040865616215,"sku":"9781498593564","price":100.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498593564.jpg?v=1750948113","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vital-postsecular-perspectives-on-chinese-philosophical-issues-9781498593564","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}