Contemporary Politics and Classical Chinese Thought

Informationen zum Autor Colin J. Lewis is Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Asian Studies program at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. His areas of specialization include Chinese and comparative philosophy, ethics with a focus on moral psychology, sociopolitical philosophy, and philosophy of education. Jennifer Kling is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Legal Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research focuses on social and political philosophy, particularly issues in war and peace, international relations, protest, feminism, and philosophy of race. Klappentext Colin J. Lewis and Jennifer Kling apply classical Chinese thought to a series of current sociopolitical issues, including politics, robot legal standing, environmental issues, police funding, private militias, and justified revolutions, demonstrating that despite the dominance of western thought in political philosophy, Chinese philosophy provides a powerful lens through which to understand contemporary challenges. Zusammenfassung Current approaches to contemporary political philosophy are disproportionately western, and the need for more diverse and global perspectives is urgent. To address this imbalance Colin J. Lewis and Jennifer Kling take up a series of contemporary topics in political philosophy and consider how the application of classical Chinese thought can engender new insights and enable progress on some of the thorniest sociopolitical issues. They argue that classical Chinese political theories and views have much to say that is relevant to our contemporary life, and buttress their argument with case studies. Each chapter takes up a particular contemporary sociopolitical issue, describes standard Western approaches to it, and then applies classical Chinese thought to the task of either re-framing it, or suggesting a novel solution.The book engages with and makes progress on several current sociopolitical issues, including the construction and deconstruction of political narratives, the legal standing of robots, the relationships between people, communities, and the environment, the funding (or defunding) of police, the status of private militias, and the question of justified revolution in liberal democracies, among others. While classical Chinese philosophy has been previously dismissed in some circles as inaccessible or banal, Lewis and Kling argue that, to the contrary, it is a powerful lens through which to view and dissect today's challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Land Acknowledgement Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: Narratives for Peace: A Mohist Contribution to Contemporary Political Dialogue Chapter 2: Corporations, Rivers, and Now Robots: Legal Standing in a World of Advancing Technology Chapter 3: Harmony and the Land: The Confucian Well-Field System in Modernity Chapter 4: Defund the Police, Refund for Harmony: A Confucian-Inspired Approach to Community Policing Chapter 5: Proud Vermin: Modern Militias and the State Chapter 6: Justified Revolution in Contemporary American Democracy: A Confucian-Inspired Account ...

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Colin J. Lewis is Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Asian Studies program at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. His areas of specialization include Chinese and comparative philosophy, ethics with a focus on moral psychology, sociopolitical philosophy, and philosophy of education. Jennifer Kling is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Legal Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research focuses on social and political philosophy, particularly issues in war and peace, international relations, protest, feminism, and philosophy of race.

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Colin J. Lewis and Jennifer Kling apply classical Chinese thought to a series of current sociopolitical issues, including politics, robot legal standing, environmental issues, police funding, private militias, and justified revolutions, demonstrating that despite the dominance of western thought in political philosophy, Chinese philosophy provides a powerful lens through which to understand contemporary challenges.

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Current approaches to contemporary political philosophy are disproportionately western, and the need for more diverse and global perspectives is urgent. To address this imbalance Colin J. Lewis and Jennifer Kling take up a series of contemporary topics in political philosophy and consider how the application of classical Chinese thought can engender new insights and enable progress on some of the thorniest sociopolitical issues. They argue that classical Chinese political theories and views have much to say that is relevant to our contemporary life, and buttress their argument with case studies. Each chapter takes up a particular contemporary sociopolitical issue, describes standard Western approaches to it, and then applies classical Chinese thought to the task of either re-framing it, or suggesting a novel solution. The book engages with and makes progress on several current sociopolitical issues, including the construction and deconstruction of political narratives, the legal standing of robots, the relationships between people, communities, and the environment, the funding (or defunding) of police, the status of private militias, and the question of justified revolution in liberal democracies, among others. While classical Chinese philosophy has been previously dismissed in some circles as inaccessible or banal, Lewis and Kling argue that, to the contrary, it is a powerful lens through which to view and dissect today's challenges.

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• Land Acknowledgement

• Acknowledgements

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Narratives for Peace: A Mohist Contribution to Contemporary Political Dialogue

• Chapter 2: Corporations, Rivers, and Now Robots: Legal Standing in a World of Advancing Technology

• Chapter 3: Harmony and the Land: The Confucian Well-Field System in Modernity

• Chapter 4: Defund the Police, Refund for Harmony: A Confucian-Inspired Approach to Community Policing

• Chapter 5: Proud Vermin: Modern Militias and the State

• Chapter 6: Justified Revolution in Contemporary American Democracy: A Confucian-Inspired Account