The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many
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The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many

Confucian Essays on Metaphysics, Morals, Rituals, Institutions, and Genders

  1. 266 pages
  2. English
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The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many

Confucian Essays on Metaphysics, Morals, Rituals, Institutions, and Genders

About this book

Building on his long-standing work in metaphysics and Asian philosophy, Robert Cummings Neville presents a series of essays that cumulatively articulate a contemporary, progressive Confucian position as a global philosophy. Through analysis of the metaphysical and moral traditions of Confucianism, Neville brings these traditions into the twenty-first century. According to Confucianism, rituals define most of our relations with other individuals, social institutions, and nature, and while rituals make possible the positive institutions of high human civilization, they may also lead to harmful behaviors, including racism, xenophobia, and sexism. Neville argues that the amendment of rituals that institutionalize oppression is a positive task, which should be undertaken from within a skillfully ritualized life rather than in the form of external criticism. Confucianism, in Neville's hands, is a left-wing, progressive, liberal political philosophy, one that can address institutionalized oppression and suggest a path for moving forward.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter One The Good Is One, Its Manifestations Many
  7. Chapter Two Contemporary Confucian Cosmopolitanism
  8. Chapter Three Systematic Metaphysics and the Problem of Value
  9. Chapter Four New Projects for Chinese Philosophy
  10. Chapter Five Philosophy’s Fight between Engagement and Distance: A Confucian Resolution
  11. Chapter Six William Ernest Hocking: The First Boston Confucian
  12. Chapter Seven Cheng Chung-ying as a Constructive Philosopher
  13. Chapter Eight Wu Kuang-ming as One of Three Stooges
  14. Chapter Nine Spiritual Foundations of Chinese Culture
  15. Chapter Ten Selfhood and Value: Pragmatism, Confucianism, and Phenomenology
  16. Chapter Eleven Individuation and Ritual
  17. Chapter Twelve Authority in Social Institutions, Accountability, and Credibility
  18. Chapter Thirteen Confucianism and Toleration
  19. Chapter Fourteen Confucian Humaneness across Social Barriers
  20. Chapter Fifteen Confucianism and the Feminist Revolution: Ritual Definition and the Social Construction of Gender Roles
  21. Epilogue
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. Back Cover