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The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition
Li Zehou
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Description for The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition
Hardcover. An introduction to philosophy of Li Zezhou, one of the contemporary China's foremost intellectuals. It presents Li's synthesis of Chinese aesthetic thought, from ancient times to the early modern period, incorporating pre-Confucian and Confucian ideas, Daoism, Chan Buddhism, and the influence of Western philosophy during the late-imperial period. Translator(s): Samei, Maija Bell. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Li Zezhou (b. 1930) has been an influential thinker in China since the 1950s. Before moving to the U.S. in the wake of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Li published works on Kant and traditional and contemporary Chinese philosophy. The present volume, a translation of his ""Huaxia meixue"" (1989), is considered among Li's most significant works. Apart from its value as an introduction to the philosophy of one of contemporary China's foremost intellectuals, ""The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition"" fills an important gap in the literature of Chinese aesthetics in English. It presents Li's synthesis of the entire trajectory of Chinese ... Read more
Li Zezhou (b. 1930) has been an influential thinker in China since the 1950s. Before moving to the U.S. in the wake of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Li published works on Kant and traditional and contemporary Chinese philosophy. The present volume, a translation of his ""Huaxia meixue"" (1989), is considered among Li's most significant works. Apart from its value as an introduction to the philosophy of one of contemporary China's foremost intellectuals, ""The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition"" fills an important gap in the literature of Chinese aesthetics in English. It presents Li's synthesis of the entire trajectory of Chinese ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824833077
SKU
V9780824833077
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About Li Zehou
A senior research fellow and retired professor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Li Zezhou has since 1991 resided in the U.S., where he makes his home in Boulder, Colorado. Maija Bell Samei is an independent scholar. She holds a doctorate in Chinese literature from the University of Michigan.
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