Contemporary Politics and Classical Chinese Thought

Toward Globalizing Political Philosophy

Colin J. Lewis, Jennifer Kling (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-769313-1 (ISBN)

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Current approaches to contemporary political philosophy are disproportionately western, and the need for more diverse and global perspectives is urgent. To address this imbalance Colin J. Lewis and Jennifer Kling take up a series of contemporary topics in political philosophy and consider how the application of classical Chinese thought can engender new insights and enable progress on some of the thorniest sociopolitical issues. They argue that classical Chinese political theories and views have much to say that is relevant to our contemporary life, and buttress their argument with case studies. Each chapter takes up a particular contemporary sociopolitical issue, describes standard Western approaches to it, and then applies classical Chinese thought to the task of either re-framing it, or suggesting a novel solution.

The book engages with and makes progress on several current sociopolitical issues, including the construction and deconstruction of political narratives, the legal standing of robots, the relationships between people, communities, and the environment, the funding (or defunding) of police, the status of private militias, and the question of justified revolution in liberal democracies, among others. While classical Chinese philosophy has been previously dismissed in some circles as inaccessible or banal, Lewis and Kling argue that, to the contrary, it is a powerful lens through which to view and dissect today's challenges.

Colin J. Lewis is Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Asian Studies program at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. His areas of specialization include Chinese and comparative philosophy, ethics with a focus on moral psychology, sociopolitical philosophy, and philosophy of education. Jennifer Kling is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Legal Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research focuses on social and political philosophy, particularly issues in war and peace, international relations, protest, feminism, and philosophy of race.

Land Acknowledgement
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1: Narratives for Peace: A Mohist Contribution to Contemporary Political Dialogue
Chapter 2: Corporations, Rivers, and Now Robots: Legal Standing in a World of Advancing Technology
Chapter 3: Harmony and the Land: The Confucian Well-Field System in Modernity
Chapter 4: Defund the Police, Refund for Harmony: A Confucian-Inspired Approach to Community Policing
Chapter 5: Proud Vermin: Modern Militias and the State
Chapter 6: Justified Revolution in Contemporary American Democracy: A Confucian-Inspired Account

Erscheinungsdatum	21.11.2024
Reihe/Serie	Philosophy Across Borders
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 201 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	0-19-769313-X / 019769313X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-769313-1 / 9780197693131
Zustand	Neuware