Birdwhistell Mencius and Masculinities

Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8038-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Looks at the Confucian classic Mencius from a feminist perspective and uncovers the “maternal thinking” within the work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Birdwhistell, Joanne D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Hidden in Plain View: Questions, Issues, and Perspectives

2. Text as Cultural Landscape

3. Against Shen Nong’s Agrarian Masculinity

4. Against King Hui’s Self-centered Masculinity

5. Compassionate Governing: Dynamics, References, and Practices

6. Ruling as Son and Younger Brother

7. Ruling as Father and Mother of the People

8. Mothers, Feelings, and Masculinity

9. Gender, A Continuing Issue

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joanne D. Birdwhistell is Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Asian Civilization at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She is the author of Li Yong (1627–1705) and Epistemological Dimensions of Confucian Philosophy and Transition to Neo-Confucianism: Shao Yung on Knowledge and Symbols of Reality.