Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy
This volume includes original essays by scholars from the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China, discussing important philosophical writings by Japanese Confucian philosophers. Its main focus, historically is the early-modern period, 1600-1868.
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"The Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy" will be part of the handbook series "Dao Companion to Chinese Philosophy", published by Springer. This series is being edited by Professor Huang Yong, Professor of Philosophy at Kutztown University and Editor of "Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy". This volume includes original essays by scholars from the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China, discussing important philosophical writings by Japanese Confucian philosophers. The main focus, historically, will be the early-modern period (1600-1868), when much original Confucian philosophizing occurred, and Confucianism in modern Japan. "The Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy" makes a significant contribution to the "Dao" handbook series, and equally to the field of Japanese philosophy. This new volume including original philosophical studies will be a major contribution to the study of Confucianism generally and Japanese philosophy in particular.
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Publisher & Imprint:
Springer
City:
Dordrecht
Pages:
500
More info:
height 235 mm
width 155 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC22) 181.112
Departments:
Oriental & indian philosophy; Philosophy of religion;
Record updated at:
25 April, 2013
time:
13:29
Summary
Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy
Introduction: Confucian Philosophy in Japan; C.-C. Huang, J.A. Tucker.- 1: Hayashi Razan and Conceptual Analysis; J.A. Tucker.- 2: Japanese Understandings of Ghosts and Spirits; J.W. Boot.- 3: Kaibara Ekken's Philosophy of Ki; M.E. Tucker.- 4: Ito Jinsai's Interpretations of Confucius and the Analects; C.-C. Huang.- 5: Ogyu Sorai's Political Philosophy; O. Lidin.- 6: Ogyu Sorai and Kaiho Seiryo; O. Ansart.- 7: Dazai Shundai Understanding of Ogyu Sorai; P. Flueckiger.- 8: Confucianism and the Ako Ronin Debate; B. Steben.- 9: The Yijing and Tokugawa Confucianism; W.M. Ng.- 10: Confucianism and Nativism; P. Nosco.- 11: Confucianism and Kokugaku philosophy; M. McNally.- 12: Confucian Philosophies of Education; M. Tsujimoto.- 13: Okinawa Confucianism; G. Smits.- 14: Ando Shoeki's Critique of Confucianism; J. Joly.- 15: Meiji Confucianism; author yet unknown.- 16: Confucianism in Post-War Japan; N. Koyasu.- 17: Confucianism as a Living Philosophy in Japan and East Asia; author yet unknown.- Index.
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