Overview
- The first volume in English to provide a comprehensive introduction to the Neo-Confucian thought of representative Chinese thinkers
- Combines methodological approaches from both comparative philosophy and Chinese intellectual traditions
- Addresses problematics from Western philosophical traditions and engages topics and debates that emanate from within Chinese traditions
- Provides detailed insights into changing perspectives on key philosophical concepts and their relationship with one another
Part of the book series: Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy (DCCP, volume 1)
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“This is primarily a ‘philosophical’ companion to a philosophical tradition but it also has a great deal to offer to intellectual historians, comparativists, and anyone interested in Chinese and East Asian thought. … This mostly philosophical companion to Neo-Confucian philosophy is highly informative on moral philosophy and moral psychology intimately linked in Neo-Confucianism. … this book will be widely consulted by philosophically minded scholars of all kinds and not just by specialists in China and East Asia.” (Conrad Schirokauer, Journal of Chinese Studies, Vol. 54, January, 2012)
“John Makeham’s Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy is an extremely important collection of scholarly essays that will have to be in the bibliography of anyone commenting on relevant portions of the Neo-Confucian cultural development. … Makeham’s introductory essay … is most likely the most important contribution to the volume. Makeham provides an historical visionof Neo-Confucianism … and a helpful interpretation of the contemporary approaches.” (Robert C. Neville, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 71, 2012)
“Editor John Makeham called upon specialists from several lands to prepare this book. … the Dao Companion to Neo-Confucianism is an academic milestone. Its contributions to the study of Chinese Neo-Confucianism will continue to inform, intrigue, and stimulate scholarly and philosophic reflection for years to come. … It will also be a useful guide for advanced students and interested general readers. I recommend this book highly for every scholar of Chinese philosophy in general and Neo-Confucian thought in particular.” (Kirill O. Thompson, Journal of Chinese Religions, Vol. 39, 2011)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
John Makeham teaches in the China Centre at The Australian National University. He is a specialist in Chinese intellectual history with a particular interest in Confucian philosophy. In 2005 he was awarded the Joseph Levenson Book Prize for his monograph, Transmitters and Creators: Chinese Commentators and Commentaries on the Analects. He is a past President of the Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy and is editor of the new monograph series, Modern Chinese Philosophy (Brill). Current research undertakings including editing a volume on the formation of Chinese philosophy as an academic discipline and also preparing an annotated translation of Xiong Shili's Xin Weishi lun (New Treatise on Cognition-only), a seminal text in twentieth-century Chinese philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy
Editors: John Makeham
Series Title: Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2930-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2929-4Published: 15 July 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3269-8Published: 07 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2930-0Published: 08 June 2010
Series ISSN: 2211-0275
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8780
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIV, 488
Topics: Non-Western Philosophy, Religious Studies, general, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy, Regional and Cultural Studies