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Feminist encounters with Confucius
Title:
Feminist encounters with Confucius

Modern Chinese philosophy ;
Author:
Foust, Mathew A., editor.
ISBN:
9789004332102

9789004332119
Publication Information:
Leiden ; Boston, Massa. : Brill, c2016.
Physical Description:
vi, 256 pages ; 25 cm.
Series:
Modern Chinese philosophy ; v. 12.

Modern Chinese philosophy ; v.12.
Contents:
Introduction / Confucius and the Four Books for Women / Confucian Mothering : The Origin of Tiger Mothering? / Beyond Sexism : The need for an Intersectional Approach to Confucianism / Confucian Reliability and Epistemic Agency : Engagements with Feminist Epistemology / Role Epistemology : Confucian Resources for Feminist Standpoint Theory / How Relational Selfhood Rearranges the Debate between Feminists and Confucians / Confucian Ethics and Care : An Amicable Split? / Confucian Role Ethics in the 21st Century : Domestic Violence, Same-sex Marriage, and Christian Family Values / Contemporary Ecofeminism and Confucian Cosmology
Abstract:
This work builds on earlier works, which defend Confucianism against charges of sexism and present interpretations of Confucianism compatible with Feminism, but contributors go beyond the much discussed care ethics, and common arguments of how ren(humaneness)can ground an egalitarian humanism that include gender equality. Besides ethics and political philosophy topics, this volume includes discussions in other philosophical areas such as epistemology, metaphysics, and applied philosophy. Through the encounter of Feminism and Confucius's perspectives, each contributor generates novel answers to the questions addressed. In some cases, authors raise new questions about the chosen topic, inadequacies in how it has been addressed in previous Confucian or Feminist discourse, and/or challenges for either or both Confucianism and Feminism.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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