Traces of Humanism in China : : Tradition and Modernity / / ed. by Carmen Meinert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: D’Ambrosio, Paul,; Meinert, Carmen,; Messner, Angelika C.,; Mittag, Achim,; Schilling, Dennis,; Zhang, Ke,; Zhu, Weizheng,
• HerausgeberIn: Meinert, Carmen,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2015]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Foreword --; Introduction: In Search of Humaneness in China --; Confucian Statecraft in Early Imperial China --; Footprints in the Water. Assessment in the Zhuangzi --; Reconsidering Ren as a Basic Concept of Chinese Humanism --; Negotiations of Humaneness and Body Politics in Historical Contexts --; Human Equality in Modern Chinese Political Thought --; Inventing Humanism in Modern China --; Bibliography --; Table of Chinese Dynasties --; List of Chinese Characters --; Indices (of Names and Subjects) --; Authors --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839413517; 9783110649772; 9783110638721; 9783111025230; 9783110661552; 9783110463415; 9783110463408
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839413517?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Carmen Meinert.

Since discourses on humanistic traditions have so far largely been focused on European cultures, this volume attempts to open the field to counterparts within Chinese culture which, as a matter of fact, has a rich autochthonous tradition of humanism as well. The contributors explore Confucian and Daoist dimensions of humaneness in Chinese philosophy and history up to the first half of the 20th century, when Chinese and Western concepts of humanism first merged.This book addresses a non-sinological audience as well as specialists in this field and contributes to a non-eurocentric view on humanism history.