Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance

Paperback: $28.00
ISBN-13: 9780824881504
Published: October 2019
Hardback: $80.00
ISBN-13: 9780824867300
Published: October 2017

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172 pages
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  • About the Book
  • “In Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance, English-language readers get a rare opportunity to read in a single volume the work of one of Taiwan’s most distinguished scholars. Although Ming-huei Lee has published in English before, the corpus of his non-Chinese writings is in German. Readers of this volume will soon discover the hard-mindedness and precision of thinking so associated with German philosophy as they enter into his discussions of Confucianism. As readers progress through this book, they will be constantly reminded that all philosophy should be truly comparative. . . .

    “The work is divided into three sections: Classical Confucianism and Its Modern Reinterpretations, Neo-Confucianism in China and Korea, and Ethics and Politics. These sections evince just some of the range of Ming-huei Lee’s thinking as well as his inclusive reach of Confucian philosophy to the whole of East Asia, especially to Korea. In the Ethics and Politics section, readers will get a taste for the return to his own tradition through the lens of Kantian philosophy with his analysis of Confucius and the virtue ethics debate in Confucian philosophical circles. Lee’s thinking through Mou Zongsan’s interpretation of Confucianism, Zhu Xi and the Huxiang scholars’ debate on ren, and the unfolding of the debates over the 'four buddings' and 'seven feelings' in Korea by Yi Toegye and Gi Gobong sets up the subsequent chapters of the book: a reconstruction of Wang Yangming’s philosophy and theories of democracy, and a critique of Jiang Qing’s 'political Confucianism.' His work in this book adds a sizable appendage to Confucian scholarship. Moreover, the interrelated ideas and arguments presented in this book are a special contribution to the Confucian project in English-speaking countries across the world.” —from the Editor’s Foreword

  • About the Author(s)
    • Ming-huei Lee, Author

      Ming-huei Lee is research fellow at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taipei, and professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University, and the Graduate Institute of Philosophy, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan.
    • David Jones, Editor

      David Jones is professor of philosophy at Kennesaw State University, Atlanta.
    • Roger T. Ames, Series Editor

      Roger T. Ames is Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University, cochair of the Academic Advisory Committee at Peking University Berggruen Research Center, and professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i.
    • Peter D. Hershock, Series Editor

      Peter D. Hershock is director of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center, Honolulu.