The Concept of Man in Contemporary China - Hardcover

Donald J. Munro

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0472086774 ISBN 13: 9780472086771

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 1977

Synopsis

Part of a trilogy exploring how ideas about human nature have shaped practices of social control and education over the course of Chinese history, this volume explores how the most striking political theories and policies of the contemporary period rest on distinctly Chinese theories of mind. Many of these contrast dramatically with long-held Western beliefs, key among them the insistence on the commingling of rational thought, the emotions, and motives. Focusing on the Maoist period (1940s through 1976), Munro reveals convergences between Confucian and Maoist theories of mind, and considers their application in both education and the practice of modern government.
Donald J. Munro is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Chinese, University of Michigan. His work and career were recently profiled in Xifang Hanxuejia lun Zhongguo (Western sinologists on China), a review of seven key Western contributors to the study of Chinese culture and history.

About this title

About the Author:

DONALD J. MUNRO received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1953 and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1964. Before retiring in 1995, he was Chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan, as well as Professor of Philosophy and of Chinese.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0472086774
• ISBN 13: 9780472086771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248