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Author:   Ming Dong Gu
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9783030737290

ISBN 10:   3030737292
Pages:   369
Publication Date:   08 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction: Aesthetic Divide and Vision of Global Aesthetics  Part I Language and Writing  2. Writing System and Linguistic Controversy  3. Reconceptualizing the Linguistic Divide Part II Metaphor and Poetics  4. Chinese and Western Conceptions of Metaphor5. Metaphor as Signs: Bi-Xing and Metaphor/Metonymy  Part III Mimesis and Representation 6. Is Mimetic Theory Universal? 7. Western Mimeticism and Chinese Mimetic Theory Part IV Metaphysics and Aesthetics  8. Divine Thinking and Artistic Creation9. Lyricism and Mimeticism in Aesthetic Thought  10. Conclusion: Toward World Criticism and Global Aesthetics

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Ming Dong Gu is Distinguished Professor of Foreign Studies at Shenzhen University, China, and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. His recent books include Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (2018) and Sinologism: An Alternative to Orientalism and Postcolonialism (2013).

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