EAN: 9780141984834

CHINESE THOUGHT - ROEL STERCKX KARTONIERT (TB)

Shortlisted for the PEN Hessel-Tiltman Prize 'A terrific book  rich and endlessly thought
provoking. . . If you are looking for one book to understand the core ideas of Chinese
civilisation  read this' - Michael Wood An engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy and
culture from an eminent Cambridge expert We are often told that the twenty-first century is
bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so physically  digitally
economically or aesthetically present in everyday Western life. But how much do we really know
about its origins and key beliefs? How did the ancient Chinese think about the world? In this
enlightening book  Roel Sterckx  one of the foremost experts in Chinese thought  takes us
through centuries of Chinese history  from Confucius to Daoism to the Legalists. The great
questions that have occupied China's brightest minds were not about who and what we are  but
rather how we should live our lives  how we should organise society and how we can secure the
well-being of those who live with us and for whom we carry responsibility. With evocative
examples from philosophy  literature and everyday life  Sterckx shows us how the ancient
Chinese have shaped the thinking of a civilization that is now influencing our own.

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