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Overview"Li Zezhou (b. 1930) has been an influential thinker in China since the 1950s. Before moving to the U.S. in the wake of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Li published works on Kant and traditional and contemporary Chinese philosophy. The present volume, a translation of his """"Huaxia meixue"""" (1989), is considered among Li's most significant works. Apart from its value as an introduction to the philosophy of one of contemporary China's foremost intellectuals, """"The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition"""" fills an important gap in the literature of Chinese aesthetics in English. It presents Li's synthesis of the entire trajectory of Chinese aesthetic thought, from ancient times to the early modern period, incorporating pre-Confucian and Confucian ideas, Daoism, Chan Buddhism, and the influence of Western philosophy during the late-imperial period. As one of China's major contemporary philosophers and preeminent authority on Kant, Li is uniquely positioned to observe this trajectory and make it intelligible to today's readers. """"The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition"""" touches on all areas of artistic activity, including poetry, painting, calligraphy, architecture, and the 'art of living'. Right government, the ideal human being, and the path to spiritual transcendence all come under the provenance of aesthetic thought. According to Li this was the case from early Confucian explanations of poetry as that which gives expression to intent, through Zhuangzi's artistic depictions of the ideal personality who discerns the natural way of things and lives according to it, to Chan Buddhist - inspired notions that nature and words can come together to yield insight and enlightenment. In this enduring and stimulating work, Li demonstrates conclusively the fundamental role of aesthetics in the development of the cultural and psychological structures in Chinese culture that define 'humanity'." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Li Zehou , Maija Bell SameiPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.579kg ISBN: 9780824833077ISBN 10: 0824833074 Pages: 257 Publication Date: 30 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA fascinating explanation of why Chinese philosophy and culture are aesthetic rather than scientific and logical. This is a wonderful book for the questions it asks, the answers it proposes, and the possibilities it leaves open.-- <i>Philosophy East & West</i> A fascinating explanation of why Chinese philosophy and culture are 'aesthetic' rather than scientific and logical. This is a wonderful book--for the questions it asks, the answers it proposes, and the possibilities it leaves open.-- <i>Philosophy East & West</i> "A fascinating explanation of why Chinese philosophy and culture are 'aesthetic' rather than scientific and logical. This is a wonderful book--for the questions it asks, the answers it proposes, and the possibilities it leaves open.-- ""Philosophy East & West""" Author InformationA senior research fellow and retired professor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Li Zezhou has since 1991 resided in the U.S., where he makes his home in Boulder, Colorado. Maija Bell Samei is an independent scholar. She holds a doctorate in Chinese literature from the University of Michigan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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