Chinese culture of intelligence
Title:
Chinese culture of intelligence
Author:
Wang, Keping, author.
ISBN:
9789811331725
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
xvii, 452 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
A rediscovery of heaven-human oneness -- What matters behind ecumenism? -- Harmonization without being patternized -- The Dao of human experience -- A symbolic way of thinking through fables -- Two models of cultivating wisdom for a good life -- Poetic wisdom in Zen enlightenment -- A new ideal and transcultural pursuit -- A transformational creation of pragmatic reason -- A manifold expectation of poetry -- A debate on the function of music -- A critical illumination of poetic styles -- A moralistic view of poetry -- Between Chinese and Western aesthetics -- Aesthetic criticism of transculturality -- A sublime poetics of Māratic type -- An escalated experience of appreciating nature -- Art as sedimentation.
Abstract:
"With the rise of China in the 21st century, this book offers a trans-cultural and thematic study of key Chinese concepts which influence modern day Chinese thinking across the spheres of politics, economics and society. It reflects on the major schools of Chinese thought including Confucianism, Daoism and Zen Buddhism, providing a historical perspective on the ideological development of China in terms of the relationship between man and nature, social ethics, political governance, poetry education, aesthetic criticism and art theory. It also explores primary aspects of Chinese poetics and aesthetics with reference to the interaction between the endogenous theories and their western counterparts. Written by a leader in Chinese Aesthetics against the background of both globalization and glocalization at home and abroad, this is a key read for all those interested in the cultural, philosophical and aesthetic underpinnings of contemporary China"--Page [4] of cover.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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