Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World: Volume 1: China and Japan

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Concepts of Philosophy challenges received conceptions of philosophy by way of critical engagement with Chinese and Japanese sources. Built on philologically sound readings of specific texts, the book lifts the discussion on the concept of philosophy to a global plane. Contents Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Concept of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World Part 1 China Introduction: ‘What is Chinese Philosophy?’ Ralph Weber and Robert H. Gassmann A Preliminary Overview of the Genealogy of zhexue in China, 1888-1930 Ori Sela On the Early Marxist Concept of Philosophy (1930s–1950s) Yvonne Schulz Zinda Reviewing the Crisis of the Study of Chinese Philosophy – Starting from the ‘Legitimacy of Chinese Philosophy’ Debates Lee Ming-huei ‘Self-Refutation’ (bèi) in Early Chinese Argumentative Prose: Sidelights on the Linguistic Prehistory of Incipient Philosophy* Wolfgang Behr Philosophy? (Re)appreciating Squire Mèng and the Mèngzǐ Robert H. Gassmann The Zhuangzi on ming: Perspectives and Implications Lisa Raphals Philosophy in the Clothes of History: The Case of the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu) Nicolas Zufferey The ‘Wirkungsgeschichte’ of Wang Yangming’s ‘Teaching in Four Propositions’ up to Liu Zongzhou and Huang Zongxi Iso Kern Moving the Target to Catch an Arrow: Qian Zhongshu’s View of Analogies and Metaphors in Philosophical Reasoning Viatcheslav Vetrov ‘New Confucianism’ and the Sinicization of Metaphysics and Transcendentalism: Conceptualizations of Philosophy in the Early Works of Xiong Shili and Mou Zongsan Rafael Suter ‘Philosophy’ Reconsidered: The Theological Accentuation in Tang Junyi’s Modern Confucianism Thomas Fröhlich Philosophy? – On Tu Weiming’s ‘The Continuity of Being’ (1984) Ralph Weber Part 2 Japan Introduction: ‘What is Japanese Philosophy’? Raji C. Steineck and Elena Louisa Lange Kūkaiʼs Philosophy of Language: Reflections on the Usage of the Word ‘Philosophy’ Gregor Paul Form and Content in Kūkai's Shōjijissōgi  Paulus Kaufmann Philosophy and the Practice of Reflexivity. On Dōgen’s Discourse about Buddha-Nature Ralf Müller A Zen Philosopher? – Notes on the Philosophical Reading of Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō Raji C. Steineck Ogyū Sorai and the End of Philosophy Paulus Kaufmann Towards a Critical Public Sphere: Tosaka Jun on Philosophical Journalism and Journalistic Philosophy Fabian Schäfer What is Philosophy?: The Use and Abuse of Universalism in Modern Japanese Philosophy Yoko Arisaka What is Philosophy? On Globalizing Capitalism, the Modern Order of Knowledge, and the Spread of Philosophy to Japan Christian Uhl Index