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The Eclipse of Classical Thought in China and The West

The Eclipse of Classical Thought in China and The West

Name: The Eclipse of Classical Thought in China and The West
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108845151
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Author: James Gordley
ISBN: 9781108845151

By James Gordley

Cambridge University Press June 2022

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ISBN-13: 9781108845151
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: June 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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For centuries, the starting points for serious thought about ethics, justice, and government were traditions founded, in China by Confucius, and in the West by his near contemporary Socrates. In both classical traditions, norms were based on human nature; to contravene these norms was to deny part of one's humanity. The Chinese and Western philosophical traditions have often been regarded as mutually unintelligible. This book shows that the differences can only be understood by examining where they converge. It describes the role of these traditions in two political achievements: the formation of the constitutions of Song dynasty China and the American Republic. Both traditions went into eclipse for similar reasons but with quite different consequences: in China, the growth of absolutism, and in the West, the inability of modern political and ethical thought to defend the most fundamental values.

Part I. Two Ancient Traditions:

1. The beginnings of ethical philosophy

2. The challenge to virtue and the discovery of human nature

3. A normative psychology

4. The universality of normative standards

5. Justice, propriety and the common good

6. Government

Part II. The Formation of Two Constitutions:

7. A confucian empire: song dynasty China

8. A democratic republic: the United States of America

Part III. The Eclipse of Classical Thought:

9. Neo-confucianiam

10. The path to orthodoxy

11. The rise and fall of western rationalism

12. The search for alternatives

13. Conclusion

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