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Chinese Cosmopolitanism : The History and Philosophy of an Idea / Shuchen Xiang

Xiang, Shuchen [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

1st ed.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023 [©2023]

1 online resource (273 pages)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Chinese cosmopolitanism / Xiang, Shuchen [GNDNR:1248710258] (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-691-24271-2

978-0-691-24273-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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GND-Schlagwörter: China ; Tradition ; Traditionale Kultur ; Lokales Wissen ; Philosophie ; Geschichte

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of Chinese Cosmopolitanism -- 2. The Barbarian in the Western Imagination and History -- 3. Chinese Processual Holism and Its Attitude toward "Barbarians" and Nonhumans -- 4. Race, Metaphysical Determinism, and the Great Chain of Being -- 5. The Metaphysics of Harmony and the Metaphysics of Colonialism -- 6. The Metaphysics of Harmony in Practice -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.