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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Shuchen XiangPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438483191ISBN 10: 1438483198 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 01 June 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Humanism and Language: Cassirer and the Xici (系辞) 2. Li Xiang Yi Jin Yi (立象以尽意): Giving (Symbolic) Form to Phenomena 3. Shi Yan Zhi (诗言志): Giving (Poetic) Form to Qing (情) 4. Wen Yi Zai Dao (文以载道): Giving (Linguistic) Form to Dao 5. Zhi You Wen Ye (质犹文也): Giving (Human) Form to the Self 6. Wu Yi Wu Wen (物一无文): Organic Harmony Conclusion Appendix 1: Definitions of Wen Appendix 2: A Brief History of Wen Appendix 3: Partial Translation of Song Lian's ""The Origins of Wen"" (Wenyuan 文原) Glossary Notes Works Cited Index"Reviews"""…this original book has inspired us to reflect fruitfully on a wide range of important issues in the methodology of comparative philosophy as well as philosophy of culture. Any attempt to develop a successful defense of culture in the future should definitely start with this book as a point of departure."" — Dao ""…an appealing and practical entry into the world of current comparative philosophical inquiries that can benefit as much the students of Chinese religions and moral philosophies as the researchers of general culture and value theory."" — Religious Studies Review ""…[a] groundbreaking work … There is much to applaud in this book. First, the author particularly singles out wen as a central thread in Chinese cultural consciousness and bases her case on an extensive study of pre-Qin, classic texts. Second, she shows exceptional ability in connecting Cassirer's and, more broadly, German idealists' philosophical insights to classic Chinese texts, thereby pointing to new possibilities of doing comparative philosophy."" — Journal of Asian Studies ""…A Philosophical Defense of Culture remains a profound book … [it] raises a fundamental question about how we look at the world and conduct our life if we accept that we are symbolic animals. This is a question that both the Chinese thinkers and Cassirer raise, and this question is significant if we view the world as both empirically real and symbolically represented. Regardless of whether we fully accept the Cassirer question, it is clear that A Philosophical Defense of Culture pushes us to think more deeply about the role of symbols in our life and in our globalized world."" — Journal of Chinese Studies" """…A Philosophical Defense of Culture remains a profound book … [it] raises a fundamental question about how we look at the world and conduct our life if we accept that we are symbolic animals. This is a question that both the Chinese thinkers and Cassirer raise, and this question is significant if we view the world as both empirically real and symbolically represented. Regardless of whether we fully accept the Cassirer question, it is clear that A Philosophical Defense of Culture pushes us to think more deeply about the role of symbols in our life and in our globalized world."" — Journal of Chinese Studies" Author InformationShuchen Xiang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the Institute of Foreign Philosophy at Peking University, China. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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