By providing parallel accounts of the contrasting developments of classical Chinese and Western traditions, Anticipating China offers a means of avoiding the implicit cultural biases which so often distort Western understanding of Chinese intellectual culture. The book shows that failure to assess the significant cultural differences between China and the West has seriously affected our understanding of both classical and contemporary China, and makes the translation of attitudes,...
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Anticipating the Argument
1. Clearing a Path to China
2. Circles and Squares
1. Squaring the Circle
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David L. Hall is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso and author of a number of works, including
Eros and Irony: A Prelude to Philosophica...