Pelican Books: Chinese Thought
From Confucius to Cook Ding
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We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so physically, digitally, economically or aesthetically present in everyday life in the Western world. But how much do we really know about its origins and key beliefs, especially compared to the many histories of Western philosophy? How did the ancient Chinese think about the world? In this enlightening book, Roel Sterckx, one of the foremost experts in Chinese thought, takes us through centuries of Chinese history, from Confucius to Daoism to the Legalists. With evocative examples from philosophy, literature and everyday life, he shows us how the ancient Chinese have shaped the thinking of a civilization that is now influencing our own.
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Pelican Books: Chinese Thought, Roel Sterckx
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- Released
- 2019
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- (Hardcover),
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- Title
- Pelican Books: Chinese Thought
- Subtitle
- From Confucius to Cook Ding
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Roel Sterckx
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0241385903
- ISBN13
- 9780241385906
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Philosophical Topics, Politics, School, Culture and Society, Asia, China, Political Theories, Cultural History
- Description
- We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so physically, digitally, economically or aesthetically present in everyday life in the Western world. But how much do we really know about its origins and key beliefs, especially compared to the many histories of Western philosophy? How did the ancient Chinese think about the world? In this enlightening book, Roel Sterckx, one of the foremost experts in Chinese thought, takes us through centuries of Chinese history, from Confucius to Daoism to the Legalists. With evocative examples from philosophy, literature and everyday life, he shows us how the ancient Chinese have shaped the thinking of a civilization that is now influencing our own.