Aristotle and Xunzi on Shame, Moral Education, and the Good Life
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- ISBN 9780197773161
- Weight: 431g
- Dimensions: 163 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 29 Aug 2024
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Despite recent developments in the history of emotions and in comparative studies, sustained cross-cultural comparative studies of the emotions remain few and far between. Jingyi Jenny Zhao has produced the first major work that takes two philosophers from the ancient Greek and early Chinese traditions to stimulate discussion of an interdisciplinary nature on the rich and complex topic of the emotions-in particular, of shame. It features comparative analysis of Greek and Chinese texts while bringing the ancient materials to bear on modern controversies such as the role of shame in moral education and social cohesion.
Although unalike in their social-historical and intellectual backgrounds, Aristotle and Xunzi bear striking similarities in several respects: they both conceptualize humans as essentially members of communities, as having a unique set of characteristics that set them apart from other living things, and as beings in need of moral training to fulfil their potential and become integrated into a well-ordered society. The two philosophers' discourses on shame reveal important insights into their ideals of human nature, moral education and the good life.
This book tackles directly the methodological problems that are relevant to anyone interested in cross-cultural comparisons and organizes discussions of the ancient sources to facilitate a thorough integration of perspectives from the cultural traditions concerned. This approach provides sufficient focus to allow for detailed textual analysis while giving scope for making constant connections to the broader comparative questions at issue.
Jingyi Jenny Zhao is ISF Academy Senior Research Fellow at the Needham Research Institute and Needham Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. Her research takes a cross-cultural comparative perspective on the ancient Greek and early Chinese philosophical traditions. She is co-editor and contributor of Ancient Greece and China Compared, and was interviewed for the BBC documentary Story of China.
