One Corner of the Square: Essays on the Philosophy of Roger T. Ames

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2021

One Corner of the Square

Essays on the Philosophy of Roger T. Ames

Edited by: Ian M. Sullivan and Joshua Mason
With contributions by: Attilio Adreini , Eiho Baba , Jim Behuniak , Brian Bruya , Kuan-Hung Chen , Steven Coutinho , Daniel Coyle , Carine Defoort , Kurtis Hagen , Thorian R. Harris , Joseph Harroff , Marty H. Heitz , Peter D. Hershock , Jason Ananda Josephson Storm , Andrew Lambert , Jing Liu , Joshua Mason , Sarah A. Mattice , Sydney Morrow , Amy Olberding , Lauren F. Pfister , Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee , Martin Schönfeld , James D. Sellmann , Geir Sigurdsson , Vytis Sililus , Sor-hoon Tan , Kirill Thompson , Haiming Wen , Peter Wong , Jinmei Yuan and Meilin Chinn

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824888213

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About this book

In a historical moment when cross-cultural communication proves both necessary and difficult, the work of comparative philosophy is timely. Philosophical resources for building a shared future marked by vitality and collaborative meaning-making are in high demand. Taking note of the present global philosophical situation, this collection of essays critically engages the scholarship of Roger T. Ames, who for decades has had a central role in the evolution of comparative and nonwestern philosophy. With a reflective methodology that has produced creative translations of key Chinese philosophical texts, Ames—in conjunction with notable collaborators such as D.C. Lau, David Hall, and Henry Rosemont Jr.—has brought China’s philosophical traditions into constructive cross-cultural dialogue on numerous ethical and social issues that we face today.

The volume opens with two parts that share overlapping concerns about interpretation and translation of nonwestern texts and traditions. Parts III and IV—“Process Cosmology” and “Epistemological Considerations”—mark the shift in comparative projects from the metaphilosophical and translational stage to the more traditionally philosophical stage. Parts V and VI—“Confucian Role Ethics” and “Classical Daoism”—might best be read as Chinese contributions to philosophical inquiry into living well or “ethics” broadly construed. Lastly, Part VII takes Amesian comparative philosophy in “Critical Social and Political Directions,” explicitly drawing out the broader dimensions of social constitution and the ideal of harmony.

The contributors—scholars working in philosophy, religious studies, and Asian studies—pursue lines of inquiry opened up by the work of Roger Ames, and their chapters both clarify his ideas and push them in new directions. They survey the field of Chinese philosophy as it is taking shape in the wake of Ames’s contributions and as it carries forward a global conversation on the future of humanity.

Author / Editor information

Sullivan Ian M. :

Ian M. Sullivan is assistant professor of philosophy at Arcadia University.Mason Joshua :

Joshua Mason is assistant professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University.Hershock Peter D. :

Peter D. Hershock is director of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center, Honolulu.Mason Joshua :

Joshua Mason is assistant professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University.Tan Sor-hoon :

Sor-hoon Tan is professor of philosophy at Singapore Management University.Ian M. Sullivan (Editor)
Ian M. Sullivan is assistant professor of philosophy at Arcadia University.

Joshua Mason (Editor)
Joshua Mason is assistant professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Peter D. Hershock Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Joshua Mason and Ian M. Sullivan Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Part I Comparative Methodologies
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Sameness, Difference, and the Post-Comparative Turn Jim Behuniak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2 Mining the Emotions, Deepening Ars Contextualis: A Personal Reflection on the Power of Sensitive Reading Kirill O. Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 Confucianism as a Tradition of Reconstruction: Returning to the “Way of Heaven”? Kurtis Hagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
4 The Development of the Amesian Methodology for Comparative Philosophy Haiming Wen and Joshua Mason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Part II Issues in Translation
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
5 Philosophical Ames: On Teaching Chinese Thought as Philosophy Thorian R. Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
6 To Render Ren: Saving Authoritativeness Brian Bruya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
7 Philosophy as Hermeneutics: Reflections on Roger Ames, Translation, and Comparative Methodology Steve Coutinho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
8 The Attitude of the Junzi toward Wealth, Social Eminence, Poverty, and Humbleness in Light of Analects 4.5 Attilio Andreini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Part III Process Cosmology
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
9 Reflections on David L. Hall and Roger T. Ames’s Understanding of Classical Confucian Cosmology Jung-Yeup Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
10 Locating the “Numinous” in a Human-Centered Religiousness Peter Wong Yih Jiun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
11 On the Demystification of the Numinous and Mystical in Classical Ruism: Contemporary Musings on the Zhongyong Lauren F. Pfister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
12 Many Confucianisms: From Roger Ames to Jiang Qing on the Interpretive Possibilities of Ruist Traditions Sarah A. Mattice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
13 Seeing Through the Aesthetic Worldview Andrew Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Part IV Epistemological Considerations
14 How Do Teachers “Realize” Their Students? Reflections on Zhi in the Analects Carine Defoort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
15 Strategic Imagination in Chinese Philosophy Daniel Coyle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
16 Extending Ars Contextualis to Zhu Xi: Using Gewu as an Example Eiho Baba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
17 Truth Bound and Unbound: A Deeper Look at the Western and Chinese Paradigms Marty H. Heitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
18 Exploring an Alternative Pre-Qin Logic Jinmei Yuan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Part V Confucian Role Ethics
19 Role Modeling in Confucian Role Ethics: Appreciating an Amesian Education Joseph E. Harroff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
20 Who’s Afraid of Village Worthies? Geir Sigurðsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
21 Doubts and Anxiety on a Way without Crossroads Vytis Silius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
22 Applying Amesian Ethics Joshua Mason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Part VI Classical Daoism
23 Making Way for Nothing Meilin Chinn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
24 Field, Focus, and Focused Field: A Classical Daoist Worldview James D. Sellmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
25 The Temporality of Dao: Permanence and Transience Jing Liu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
26 Whence Do You Know the Fish Are Happy? Knowing Well and Living Well Kuan-Hung Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Part VII Critical Social and Political Directions
27 Confucianism as Transformative Practice: Ethical Impact and Political Pitfalls Sor-hoon Tan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
28 The Promise and Problem of Creativity and Li Amy Olberding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
29 Men Tell Me Paternalism Is Good Sydney Morrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
30 Confucianism Reimagined: A Feminist Project Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Afterword: The Amesian Square in the Perfect Storm Martin Schönfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 356
Illustrations
- Other: 6 b&w illustrations
Keywords: China history; Confucianism; eastern philosophy; methodology

eBook

Published: March 31, 2021
ISBN: 9780824888213