{"product_id":"routledge-companion-to-chinese-philosophy","title":"Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e features more than 40 chapter-length introductions to the concepts, claims, and arguments that animate the Chinese philosophical tradition. Taking a topic-by-topic rather than text-by-text approach, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e aims at helping contemporary Anglophone readers access the philosophical riches of the Chinese tradition by balancing close analysis with broad contextualization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into four “Acts” that reflect system-level changes in how the Chinese philosophical conversation has been conducted:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Act I draws primarily on pre-imperial texts, foregrounding competition among persuaders in the absence of a geographical or canonical center of gravity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct II focuses on the early imperial centralization of intellectual culture around the corpus of Confucian classics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct III restructures the conversation space according to the radically innovative priorities of Buddhism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct IV focuses on Neo-Confucianism, which combines some of the priorities of Act II with the ongoing legacy of Act III.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin each Act, contributors focus on topics like religious and political thought, ethics and self-cultivation, philosophical anthropology and theory of agency, language, epistemology, metaphysics, hermeneutics, and debate. This volume is essential reading for students, academics, and philosophers with an interest in Chinese philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54719587025240,"sku":"9781041111559","price":303.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781041111559.jpg?v=1772255753","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/routledge-companion-to-chinese-philosophy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}