Contemporary Chinese Philosophy

Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features discussion of sixteen major twentieth-century Chinese philosophers. Leading scholars in the field describe and critically assess the works of these significant figures. Critically assesses the work of major comtemporary Chinese philosophers that have rarely been discussed in English. Features essays by leading scholars in the field. Includes a glossary of Chinese characters and definitions.

Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features discussion of sixteen major twentieth-century Chinese philosophers. Leading scholars in the field describe and critically assess the works of these significant figures.* Critically assesses the work of major comtemporary Chinese philosophers that have rarely been discussed in English.* Features essays by leading scholars in the field.* Includes a glossary of Chinese characters and definitions.

Notes on Contributors.Preface: Chung-ying Cheng.Introduction: Nicholas Bunnin.Part I: Pioneering New Thought from the West:.1. Liang Qichao's Political and Social Philosophy: YangXiao.2. Wang Guowei: Philosophy of Aesthetic Criticism: KepingWang.3. Zhang Dongsun: Pluralist Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy:Xinyan Jiang.4. Hu Shi's Enlightenment Philosophy: Hu Xinhe.5. Jin Yuelin's Theory of Dao : Hu Jun.Part II: Philosophizing in the Neo-Confucian Spirit:.6. Xiong Shili's Metaphysics of Virtue: Jiyuan Yu.7. Liang Shuming: Easten and Western Cultures and Confucianism:Yanming An.8. Feng Youlan's New Principle Learning and His Histories ofChinese Philosophy: Lauren Pfister.9. He Lin's Sinification of Idealism: Jiwei Ci.Part III: Ideological Exposure to DialecticalMaterialism:.10. Feng Qi's Ameliorism: Between Relativism and Absolutism:Huang Yong.11. Zhang Dainian: Creative Synthesis and Chinese Philosophy:Cheng Lian.12. Li Zehou: Chinese Aesthetics from a Post-Marxist andConfucian Perspective: John Zijiang Ding.Part IV: Later Development of New Neo-Confucianism:.13. Fang Dongmei: Philosophy of Life, Creativity, andInclusiveness: Chengyang Li.14. Practical Humanism of Xu Fuguan: Peimin Ni.15. Tang Junyi: Moral Idealism and Chinese Culture: Sin YeeChan.16. Mou Zongsan on Intellectual Intuition: Refeng Tang.Afterwords.Recent Trends in Chinese Philosophy in China and the West:Chung-ying Cheng.An Onto-Hermeneutic Interpretation of Twentieth-Century ChinesePhilosophy: Identity and Vision: Chung-ying Cheng.Glossary.Index.