Screen LibraryEncountering China : Michael Sandel and Chinese philosophy /
In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. In China, he's a phenomenon, greeted by vast crowds. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity "usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars." China Newsweek declared him the "most influ...
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. In China, he's a phenomenon, greeted by vast crowds. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity "usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars." China Newsweek declared him the "most influential foreign figure" of the year. In Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by the nation's swift embrace of a market economy--a guide whose communitarian ideas resonate with aspects of China's own rich and ancient philosophical traditions. Chinese citizens often describe a sense |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 296 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674976146 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0674976142 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | BJ1289 |
| CLC: |
B22 B82-092 |
| Call Number: | B82-092/E562 |
| Contents: | Foreword: China's encounter with Michael Sandel / Evan Osnos -- I. Justice, harmony, and community: Community with harmony? A Confucian critique of Michael Sandel / Chenyang Li -- Individual, family, community, and beyond: Some Confucian reflections on themes in Sandel's Justice / Tongdong Bai -- Justice as a virtue, justice according to virtues, and / or justice of virtues: a Confucian amendment to Sandel's Idea of Justice / Yong Huang -- II. Civic virtue and moral education: Sandel's ideas on civic virtue / Zhu Huiling -- Sandel's Democracy's discontent from a Confucian perspective / Chen |