Joseph Grange’s beautifully written book provides a unique synthesis of two major figures of world philosophy, John Dewey and Confucius, and points the way to a global philosophy based on American and Confucian values. Grange concentrates on the major themes of experience, felt intelligence, and culture to make the connections between these two giants of Western and Eastern thought. He explains why the Chinese called Dewey ‘A Second Confucius, ‘ and deepens our understanding of Confucius’s concepts of the way (dao) of human excellence (ren). The important dimensions of American and Chinese cultural philosophy are welded into an argument that calls for the liberation of what is finest in both traditions. The work gives a new appreciation of fundamental issues facing Chinese and American relations and brings the opportunities and dangers of globalization into focus.
Table des matières
Foreword
Preface
1. Experience
Dewey’s Novel Insight
Working Connections with Confucius: Dao, De, and Ren
2. Felt Intelligence
Overcoming Dualisms
Working Connections with Confucius: Li, Yi, and Zhi
3. Culture
Values and Situations
Working Connections with Confucius: He, Xin , Xin*, Junzi
4. ‘A Second Confucius’
Dao and Experience
Li and Inquiry
Ren and Communal Culture
Epilog: September 11, 2001
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Chinese Glossary
Index
A propos de l’auteur
Joseph Grange is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of
The City: An Urban Cosmology and Nature: An Environmental Cosmology and the coeditor (with William Desmond) of
Being and Dialectic: Metaphysics as a Cultural Presence, all published by SUNY Press.
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